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# Kena (Talavakāra) Upaniṣad 1.2

Kenopaniṣad 1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.2)

śrotrasya śrotraṃ manaso mano yad  
vāco ha vācaṃ sa u prāṇasya prāṇaḥ  
cakṣuṣaś cakṣur atimucya dhīrāḥ  
pretyāsmāl lokād amṛtā bhavanti

> \[Answer :\] 2. That which is the hearing of the ear, the thought of the mind, The voice of speech, as also the breathing of the breath, And the sight of the eye ! Past these escaping, the wise, On departing from this world, become immortal.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p3) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.1.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English

## Commentaries (6)

- [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.1.1.2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.1.p71) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.1.2) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.2.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.1.2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha.p2) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.359) — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c16.55) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- [Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c14.s1.t2.52) — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.2.2) — Sanskrit
- [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.103) — R. D. Ranade, English

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