Kena Upanishad 3.7 - Khanda 3

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Kena Upanishad: Verse 3.7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ वायुम् अब्रुवन्—वायो एतद् विजानीहि किम् एतद् यक्षम् इति । तथा इति ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । वायुम् । अब्रुवन् । वायो इति । एतत् । विजानीहि । किम् । एतत् । यक्षम् । इति । तथा । इति ॥७॥

Recitation with translationKena Upanishad 3.7

IAST Transliteration

atha vāyum abruvan—vāyo etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti | tathā iti ||7||

Translation

తర్వాత వారు వాయువుతో అన్నారు—“హే వాయో, దీనిని తెలుసుకో; ఇది ఏ యక్షము?” అతడు—“అలాగే” అని ప్రత్యుత్తరం ఇచ్చాడు।

Academic Translation

Then they said to Vāyu, “O Vāyu, ascertain this—what is this Yakṣa?” “So be it,” (he replied).

Word by Word

अथthen

वायुम्Vāyu (Wind)

अब्रुवन्they said

वायोO Vāyu

एतत्this

विजानीहिknow, ascertain

किम्what

एतत्this

यक्षम्Yakṣa (mysterious being)

इतिthus

तथाso, accordingly

इतिthus

Sandhi Notes

No major internal sandhi beyond standard sentence euphony
vāyo is vocative singular of vāyu
kim etad is kept separate (no obligatory sandhi in padapāṭha-style analysis)

Verse Context

Dependence of prāṇa (vital force) on Brahman; epistemic inquiry (jijñāsā)Mahavakya: Indirect: supports ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ by shifting from power to knowing (vijānīhi); prepares the teaching that Brahman is the object of highest knowledgeSamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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