Kena Upanishad: Verse 4.2
तस्माद्वा एते देवा अतितरामिव अन्यान्देवान् यदग्निर्वायुरिन्द्रः। ते ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पृशुः। ते ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति॥२॥
तस्मात् । वा । एते । देवाः । अतितराम्-इव । अन्यान् । देवान् । यत् । अग्निः । वायुः । इन्द्रः । ते । हि । एनत् । नेदिष्ठम् । पस्पृशुः । ते । हि । एनत् । प्रथमः । विदाञ्चकार । ब्रह्म । इति ॥२॥
tasmād vā ete devā atitarām iva anyān devān yad agnir vāyur indraḥ | te hy enan nediṣṭhaṃ paspṛśuḥ | te hy enat prathamo vidāñcakāra brahmeti ||2||
അതുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ അഗ്നി, വായു, ഇന്ദ്രൻ—ഈ ദേവന്മാർ മറ്റു ദേവന്മാരെക്കാൾ ശ്രേഷ്ഠരെന്നപോലെ കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; കാരണം അവർ അതിനോട് (ബ്രഹ്മത്തോട്) ഏറ്റവും അടുത്തെത്തി. ഇന്ദ്രൻ തന്നെയായിരുന്നു ആദ്യം അറിഞ്ഞത്—“ഇത് ബ്രഹ്മമാണ്.”
Therefore, indeed, these gods—Agni, Vāyu, and Indra—excel, as it were, the other gods, because they came nearest to it (that Brahman). For he (Indra) was the first to know it: “It is Brahman.”
- तस्माद्वा = तस्मात् + व
- अतितरामिव = अतितराम् + इव
- अन्यान्देवान् = अन्यान् + देवान्
- यदग्निर्वायुरिन्द्रः = यत् + अग्निः + वायुः + इन्द्रः
- ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं = हि + एनम् + नेदिष्ठम्
- ह्येनत्प्रथमो = हि + एनत् + प्रथमः
- ब्रह्मेति = ब्रह्म + इति
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