Kena Upanishad: Verse 4.4
तस्यैष आदेशो यदेतद्विद्युतो विद्युतदिति न्यमीमिषदिति । अधिदैवतम् ॥४॥
तस्य । एषः । आदेशः । यत् । एतत् । विद्युतः । विद्युतत् । इति । न्यमीमिषत् । इति । अधिदैवतम् ॥४॥
tasya eṣa ādeśo yad etad vidyuto vidyutad iti nyamīmiṣad iti | adhidaivatam ||4||
นี่คือเครื่องชี้ของพระสภาวะนั้น: ดุจสายฟ้า—เป็นเพียงวาบหนึ่ง; ดุจการกะพริบตา—ปรากฏแล้วดับไป. ข้อนี้กล่าวในระดับอธิไทวตะ (ฝ่ายเทพ)
Of That, this is the indication: ‘as of lightning—(it is) the flash’; ‘it winked (appeared and vanished)’. This is with reference to the deity-plane (adhidaivata).
- तस्यैष = तस्य + एषः
- यदेतद् = यत् + एतत्
- विद्युतो विद्युतदिति = विद्युतः + विद्युतत् + इति
- न्यमीमिषदिति = न्य्(नि-) + अमीमिषत् + इति
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Ādeśa (indirect indication of Brahman); Brahman’s elusiveness and immediacy beyond grasp
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect—clarifies that Brahman is known by lakṣaṇā/indication rather than objectification; prepares for Mahāvākya-style identity knowledge by negating sensory capture.
- Veda
- Sama
- Shakha
- Talavakara (Jaiminiya)
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Meditation on the ‘flash-like’ intuition: cultivate alert, non-grasping awareness where insight arises suddenly; supports practices of dhāraṇā on momentary clarity and letting go of conceptual fixation.
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