[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) › 3.10 # Kena Upanishad 3.10 Kenopaniṣad 3.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.10) tasmai tṛṇaṃ nidadhāv etad ādatsveti tad upapreyāya sarvajavena tan na śaśākādatum sa tata eva nivavṛte naitad aśakaṃ vijñātuṃ yad etad yakṣam iti > (Yakṣa) placed a straw for him saying, "Take it up." Air approached the straw with all the strength born of enthusiasm. He could not take it up. He returned from that Yakṣa (to tell the gods), "I could not ascertain It fully as to what this Yakṣa is." > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.9) - [Next: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.11) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-gambhirananda.3.10) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.3.10) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-nikhilananda.3.7) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p26) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.3.10.p7) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.3.10) — Sanskrit - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara~en-gambhirananda.3.10) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.3.10) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara) — 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.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.10) · Pramāṇa