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॥

Sanskrit recitationKena Upanishad 12

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

แล้วพระอินทร์ก็ไปถึงในอากาศนั้นเอง พบสตรีผู้หนึ่งคืออุมา ไหมวตี ผู้รุ่งเรืองด้วยรัศมีอันยิ่งใหญ่ แล้วตรัสถามนางว่า “ยักษะนี้คืออะไร?”

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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