Kena Upanishad: Verse 3.9
तस्मिन् त्वयि किं वीर्यम् इति। अपि इदं सर्वम् आददीयम्, यदिदं पृथिव्याम् इति॥९॥
तस्मिन् । त्वयि । किम् । वीर्यम् । इति । अपि । इदम् । सर्वम् । आददीयम् । यत् । इदम् । पृथिव्याम् । इति ॥९॥
tasmin tvayi kiṁ vīryam iti | api idaṁ sarvam ādadīyam, yad idaṁ pṛthivyām iti ||9||
അവർ പറഞ്ഞു: ‘നിനക്കുള്ളിൽ എന്ത് വീര്യം ഉണ്ട്?’—‘ഭൂമിയിൽ ഉള്ളതെല്ലാം സത്യമായി എടുത്തുയർത്തുക.’
‘What power is there in you?’—(they said). ‘Take up indeed all this that is on the earth.’
- तस्मिन् + त्वयि → तस्मिंस्त्वयि (अनुस्वार/नकारादेश)
- आददीयम् = आ + दा, विधिलिङ् आत्मनेपद
- यद् + इदम् → यदिदम्
- पृथिव्याम् इति—सन्धिः न आवश्यकः (स्वरविराम)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Brahman as the hidden source of all power; limitation of deva-ego
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect—prepares for recognizing Brahman as the inner reality beyond agency (supports the purport of ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ by negating independent doership).
- Veda
- Sama
- Shakha
- Talavakara (Jaiminiya)
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Inquiry into the sense of personal power (ahaṅkāra) and its dissolution; contemplation that all capacities (śakti) arise from a deeper, non-egoic source; practice: observe ‘I can’ as a thought and trace it to awareness.
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