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Kena Upanishad 9: Verse 9

तस्मिन् त्वयि किं वीर्यम् इति। अपि इदं सर्वम् आददीयम्, यदिदं पृथिव्याम् इति॥९॥

तस्मिन् । त्वयि । किम् । वीर्यम् । इति । अपि । इदम् । सर्वम् । आददीयम् । यत् । इदम् । पृथिव्याम् । इति ॥९॥

Sanskrit recitationKena Upanishad 9

tasmin tvayi kiṁ vīryam iti | api idaṁ sarvam ādadīyam, yad idaṁ pṛthivyām iti ||9||

他们对你说:“你里面有什么力量?”——“你就把这大地上一切所有之物,确实都举起吧。”

‘What power is there in you?’—(they said). ‘Take up indeed all this that is on the earth.’

Brahman as the hidden source of all power; limitation of deva-egoMahavakya: Indirect—prepares for recognizing Brahman as the inner reality beyond agency (supports the purport of ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ by negating independent doership).SamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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