[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 (Talavakāra) Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena) › 2.3 # Kena (Talavakāra) Upaniṣad 2.3 Kenopaniṣad 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.2.3) yasyāmataṃ tasya mataṃ mataṃ yasya na veda saḥ avijñātaṃ vijānatāṃ vijñātam avijānatām > 11 (3). \[Teacher:\] It is conceived of by him by whom It is not conceived of. He by whom It is conceived of, knows It not. It is not understood by those who \[say they\] understand It. It is understood by those who \[say they\] understand It not. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.2.4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p15) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.2.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.2.2-2.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.2.2.p15) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.2.3) — Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.2.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha.p11) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v1.c7.s10.t6.28) — Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, English - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s3.4) — S. Radhakrishnan, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.313) — Govind Chandra Pande, English - [Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jayatilleke-1963.c8.57) — K. N. Jayatilleke, English - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.104) — R. D. Ranade, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.2.3) · Pramāṇa