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Kena Upanishad 11: Verse 11

अथ इन्द्रम् अब्रुवन्—मघवन्, एतद्विजानीहि किमेतद् यक्षम् इति। तथा इति। तदभ्यद्रवत्। तस्मात् तिरोदधे॥११॥

अथ । इन्द्रम् । अब्रुवन् । मघवन् । एतत् । विजानीहि । किम् । एतत् । यक्षम् । इति । तथा । इति । तत् । अभ्यद्रवत् । तस्मात् । तिरोदधे ॥११॥

Sanskrit recitationKena Upanishad 11

atha indram abruvan—maghavan, etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti | tathā iti | tad abhyadravat | tasmāt tirodadhe ||11||

Kemudian mereka berkata kepada Indra: “Wahai Maghavan, ketahuilah apakah Yakṣa ini.” Ia menjawab, “Baik.” Ia pun berlari menghampirinya; namun dari hadapannya Ia lenyap.

Then they said to Indra: ‘O Maghavan, ascertain what this Yakṣa is.’ ‘So be it,’ (he said). He ran toward it; from him it disappeared.

Brahman’s elusiveness to objectifying pursuit; necessity of grace/teaching (upadeśa)Mahavakya: Indirect—points to Brahman as beyond objectification; supports the Upaniṣadic method leading to identity-knowledge rather than empirical capture (background to ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ / ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ style recognition).SamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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