Kena Upanishad: Verse 4.3
तस्माद्वा इन्द्रोऽतितरामिवान्यान्देवान् स ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पर्श । स ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति ॥३॥
तस्मात् । वा । इन्द्रः । अतितराम्-इव । अन्यान् । देवान् । सः । हि । एनत् । नेदिष्ठम् । पस्पर्श । सः । हि । एनत् । प्रथमः । विदाम्-चकार । ब्रह्म । इति ॥३॥
tasmād vā indro ’titārām ivānyān devān sa hy enan nediṣṭhaṃ pasparśa | sa hy enat prathamo vidāṃ cakāra brahmeti ||3||
അതുകൊണ്ട് ഇന്ദ്രൻ, എന്നപോലെ, മറ്റു ദേവന്മാരെ അതിക്രമിച്ചു; കാരണം അവൻ അതിനെ ഏറ്റവും അടുത്തായി സ്പർശിച്ചു. അവൻ തന്നെയാണ് ആദ്യം അതിനെ ‘ബ്രഹ്മം’ എന്നു തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞത്.
Therefore Indra, as it were, surpassed the other gods; for he indeed touched It most nearly. For he indeed was the first to come to know It as ‘Brahman’.
- इन्द्रोऽतितरामिव = इन्द्रः + अतितराम् + इव (अः + अ → ओऽ)
- इवान्यान्देवान् = इव + अन्यान् + देवान्
- ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं = हि + एनम् + नेदिष्ठम्
- ह्येनत्प्रथमो = हि + एनत् + प्रथमः
- ब्रह्मेति = ब्रह्म + इति
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