[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Kena Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena) › 1.1 # Kena Upanishad 1.1 Kenopaniṣad 1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.1) keneṣitaṃ patati preṣitaṃ manaḥ kena prāṇaḥ prathamaḥ praiti yuktaḥ keneṣitāṃ vācam imāṃ vadanti cakṣuḥ śrotraṃ ka u devo yunakti > Willed by whom does the directed mind go towards its object? Being directed by whom does the vital force, that precedes all, proceed (towards its duty)? By whom is this speech willed that people utter? Who is the effulgent being who directs the eyes and the ears? > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 0.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.0.3) - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1) ## Translations (3) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-gambhirananda.1.1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.1.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-nikhilananda.1.2) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.1.1.p17) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.1.p9) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.p6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.1.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s2.30) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.353) — Pande 1957, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.1) · Pramāṇa