[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) › 1.8 # Kena Upanishad 1.8 Kenopaniṣad 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.8) yac chrotreṇa na śṛṇoti yena śrotram idaṃ śrutam tad eva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yad idam upāsate > That which man does not hear with the ear, that by which man knows this ear, know that to be Brahman and not this that people worship as an object. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-gambhirananda.1.8) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.1.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-nikhilananda.1.8) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p9) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.1.1.7-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.1.8) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.1.8) — Sanskrit - [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.1.8) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.1.8) · Pramāṇa