Kena Upanishad: Verse 4.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्यै तपो दमः कर्मेति प्रतिष्ठा वेदाः सर्वाङ्गानि सत्यमायतनम् ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तस्यै । तपः । दमः । कर्म । इति । प्रतिष्ठा । वेदाः । सर्व-अङ्गानि । सत्यम् । आयतनम् ॥८॥

Recitation with translationKena Upanishad 4.8

IAST Transliteration

tasyai tapaḥ damaḥ karma iti pratiṣṭhā vedāḥ sarvāṅgāni satyam āyatanam ||8||

Translation

ആ (ബ്രാഹ്മീ ഉപനിഷദ്-ജ്ഞാനം)ക്കു തപസ്, ദമം (ഇന്ദ്രിയസംയമം), കർമ്മം—ഇവയാണ് പ്രതിഷ്ഠ; വേദങ്ങൾ അതിന്റെ സർവ്വാംഗങ്ങൾ; സത്യമാണ് അതിന്റെ ആയതനം (നിവാസം).

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Academic Translation

For that (Brahmī Upaniṣad/knowledge), austerity, self-restraint, and action are the foundation; the Vedas are all its limbs; truth is its abode.

Verse Context

• Sādhana for brahma-vidyā: tapas–dama–karma; satya as the sustaining ground
• Mahavakya: Preparatory discipline (sādhana-catuṣṭaya-related) enabling assimilation of mahāvākya teaching such as ‘तत् त्वम् असि’; not itself a mahāvākya.
• Sama
• Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose