Kena Upanishad 12 — Verse 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स तस्मिन्नेवाकाशे स्त्रियमाजगाम बहुशोभमानामुमां हैमवतीम्। तां ह उवाच—किमेतद्यक्षमिति॥१२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सः । तस्मिन् । एव । आकाशे । स्त्रियम् । आजगाम । बहु-शोभमानाम् । उमाम् । हैमवतीम् । ताम् । ह । उवाच । किम् । एतत् । यक्षम् । इति ॥१२॥

IAST Transliteration

sa tasminn evākāśe striyam ājagāma bahuśobhamānām umāṃ haimavatīm | tāṃ ha uvāca—kim etad yakṣam iti ||12||

Translation

ਉਸੇ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੰਦ੍ਰ ਨੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਤੇਜਸਵੀ, ਅਤਿ ਸ਼ੋਭਾਵਾਨ ਉਮਾ ਹੈਮਵਤੀ ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖਿਆ। ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ—“ਇਹ ਯਕਸ਼ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ?”॥੧੨॥

Academic Translation

He (Indra) came, in that very space, upon a woman—Uma Haimavatī—radiant with great splendor. He said to her: “What is this Yakṣa?”

Verse Context

• Brahman as the unknown ground of divine power; revelation through divine instruction (upadeśa)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares for realization of Brahman as the source of all powers, aligning with ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ (Aitareya) in emphasizing true knowledge as decisive
• Sama
• Talavakara (Jaiminiya) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose