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Kena Upanishad 12: Verse 12

स तस्मिन्नेवाकाशे स्त्रियमाजगाम बहुशोभमानामुमां हैमवतीम्। तां ह उवाच—किमेतद्यक्षमिति॥१२॥

सः । तस्मिन् । एव । आकाशे । स्त्रियम् । आजगाम । बहु-शोभमानाम् । उमाम् । हैमवतीम् । ताम् । ह । उवाच । किम् । एतत् । यक्षम् । इति ॥१२॥

Sanskrit recitationKena Upanishad 12

sa tasminn evākāśe striyam ājagāma bahuśobhamānām umāṃ haimavatīm | tāṃ ha uvāca—kim etad yakṣam iti ||12||

បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះឥន្ទ្រៈបានមកដល់ក្នុងអាកាសនោះឯង ហើយបានជួបស្ត្រីមួយរូប—អុមា ហៃមវតី—ដែលភ្លឺរលោងដោយសិរីល្អដ៏អស្ចារ្យ។ ព្រះឥន្ទ្រៈបានសួរនាងថា «យក្សៈនេះជាអ្វី?»

He (Indra) came, in that very space, upon a woman—Uma Haimavatī—radiant with great splendor. He said to her: “What is this Yakṣa?”

Brahman as the unknown ground of divine power; revelation through divine instruction (upadeśa)Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares for realization of Brahman as the source of all powers, aligning with ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ (Aitareya) in emphasizing true knowledge as decisiveSamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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