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Kena Upanishad 10 — Verse 10

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

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॥

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

ਉਸਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਘਾਹ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਤਿੰਨੀ ਰੱਖੀ—‘ਇਹ ਚੁੱਕ ਲੈ’ ਕਿਹਾ। ਉਹ ਪੂਰੇ ਵੇਗ ਨਾਲ ਦੌੜਿਆ; ਪਰ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਚੁੱਕ ਨਾ ਸਕਿਆ। ਉਹ ਓਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੁੜ ਆਇਆ—‘ਇਹ ਯਕਸ਼ ਕੀ ਹੈ’ ਇਹ ਜਾਣ ਨਾ ਸਕਿਆ।

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.

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).SamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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