Kena Upanishad

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यदि मन्यसे सुवेदेति दभ्रमेवापि नूनं त्वं वेत्थ ब्रह्मणो रूपम् । यदस्य त्वं यदस्य देवेष्वथ नु मीमाँस्यमेव ते मन्ये विदितम् ॥ १॥

sanskrit

If you believe that "I know Brahma very well", then surely you know only the minor form of Brahma and the form which is known to learned people and gods is also a minor form. Therefore you should always meditate on it - only then the complete form of Brahma will be known.

english translation

hindi translation

yadi manyase suvedeti dabhramevApi nUnaM tvaM vettha brahmaNo rUpam | yadasya tvaM yadasya deveSvatha nu mImA~syameva te manye viditam || 1||

hk transliteration

नाहं मन्ये सुवेदेति नो न वेदेति वेद च । यो नस्तद्वेद तद्वेद नो न वेदेति वेद च ॥ २॥

sanskrit

I do not believe that I know the nature of Brahma well, nor do I believe that I do not know, but I do. Whoever of us knows him understands that even though I do not know him, I know him.

english translation

hindi translation

nAhaM manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca | yo nastadveda tadveda no na vedeti veda ca || 2||

hk transliteration

यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः । अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम् ॥ ३॥

sanskrit

The man who thinks that he does not know Brahma, he knows Him. The man who thinks that he knows, does not actually know him. He is unknown to the knowledgeable and is known to those who do not know. That is, only those people who try to see Him personally through listening, meditation and Nididhyasan are able to know Him, those who are proud of knowledge can never know Him.

english translation

hindi translation

yasyAmataM tasya mataM mataM yasya na veda saH | avijJAtaM vijAnatAM vijJAtamavijAnatAm || 3||

hk transliteration

प्रतिबोधविदितं मतममृतत्वं हि विन्दते । आत्मना विन्दते वीर्यं विद्यया विन्दतेऽमृतम् ॥ ४॥

sanskrit

By Pratibodh i.e. knowing and meditating again and again, he becomes known as Brahma and such a person attains nectar i.e. salvation. Man gets strength from his soul and attains Brahma through Brahmavidya.

english translation

hindi translation

pratibodhaviditaM matamamRtatvaM hi vindate | AtmanA vindate vIryaM vidyayA vindate'mRtam || 4||

hk transliteration

इह चेदवेदीदथ सत्यमस्ति न चेदिहावेदीन्महती विनष्टिः । भूतेषु भूतेषु विचित्य धीराः प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति ॥ ५॥

sanskrit

If one knows Brahma in this very birth, then the truth i.e. life becomes successful, if one does not know it then one suffers huge loss because who knows whether one will get this birth or not. By seeing the presence of God in every particle of the world, the patient person attains the eternal nectar of happiness after dying from this world.

english translation

hindi translation

iha cedavedIdatha satyamasti na cedihAvedInmahatI vinaSTiH | bhUteSu bhUteSu vicitya dhIrAH pretyAsmAllokAdamRtA bhavanti || 5||

hk transliteration