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Kena Upanishad 4.1

Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya 4.1

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Sanskrit

4.1

caturtha khaṇaḍa
1.4.1
sā brahmeti hovāca brahmaṇo vā etadvijaye mahiyadhvamiti tato haiva vidāñcakāra brahmeti ||

Sā, She; uvāca ha, said, "Brahma iti, It was Brahman; Brahmaṇaḥ vai vijaye, in the victory of God, indeed. The devils were conquered only by God, and you were mere instruments there. In the victory that was really His, you mahīyadhvam, became elated, you attained glory." The word etat, in this way, is used adverbially (to modify the verb). "But yours is this vaingloriousness: 'Asmākam eva ayam vijayaḥ, asmākam eva ayam mahimā—ours is this victory, ours is this glory,' (Ke. III. 2). Tataḥ ha eva, from that, from Umā's words alone, to be sure; Indra, vidāñcakāra, learned; Brahma iti, that It was Brahman. The emphatic limitation implied in tataḥ ha eva, from that alone to be sure, implies that (he came to learn) not independently.

Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

Sā, She; uvāca ha, said, "Brahma iti, It was Brahman; Brahmaṇaḥ vai vijaye, in the victory of God, indeed. The devils were conquered only by God, and you were mere instruments there. In the victory that was really His, you mahīyadhvam, became elated, you attained glory." The word etat, in this way, is used adverbially (to modify the verb). "But yours is this vaingloriousness: 'Asmākam eva ayam vijayaḥ, asmākam eva ayam mahimā—ours is this victory, ours is this glory,' (Ke. III. 2). Tataḥ ha eva, from that, from Umā's words alone, to be sure; Indra, vidāñcakāra, learned; Brahma iti, that It was Brahman. The emphatic limitation implied in tataḥ ha eva, from that alone to be sure, implies that (he came to learn) not independently.

Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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