Kena Upanishad 10 — Verse 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मै तृणं निदधौ—एतदादत्स्व इति। तत् उपप्रेयाय सर्वजवेन; तन्न शशाक आदातुम्। स तदेव निववृते—नैतदशकं विज्ञातुं यदेतद् यक्षम् इति॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तस्मै । तृणम् । निदधौ । एतत् । आदत्स्व । इति । तत् । उपप्रेयाय । सर्व-जवेन । तत् । न । शशाक । आदातुम् । सः । तत् । एव । निववृते । न । एतत् । अशकम् । विज्ञातुम् । यत् । एतत् । यक्षम् । इति ॥१०॥

IAST Transliteration

tasmai tṛṇaṁ nidadhau—etad ādatsva iti | tat upapreyāya sarvajavena; tan na śaśāka ādātum | sa tadeva nivavṛte—naitad aśakaṁ vijñātuṁ yad etad yakṣam iti ||10||

Translation

ထို့နောက် သူ့အား မြက်တစ်စကို ထားပေး၍ “ဤအရာကို ယူတင်လော့” ဟုဆို၏။ သူသည် အမြန်ဆုံးဖြင့် ပြေးဝင်သော်လည်း မယူတင်နိုင်ခဲ့။ ထိုအတိုင်းပင် ပြန်လှည့်လာ၍ “ဤယက္ခသည် မည်သို့သောအရာနည်း” ဟု မသေချာမသိနိုင်ခဲ့။

Academic Translation

To him it placed a blade of grass (saying), ‘Take this.’ He rushed at it with all speed; he was not able to take it up. He returned just so—he was not able to ascertain what that Yakṣa was.

Verse Context

• Dependence of all śakti on Brahman; collapse of egoic agency (kartṛtva)
• Mahavakya: Indirect—negates independent doership and supports the insight that the Self/Brahman alone is the true power (aligns with the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ by removing false identification with limited power).
• Sama
• Talavakara (Jaiminiya) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose