[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) › 3.11 # Kena Upanishad 3.11 Kenopaniṣad 3.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.11) athendram abruvan maghavann etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti tatheti tad abhyadravat tasmāt tirodadhe > Then (the gods) said to Indra, "O Maghavā, find out thoroughly about this thing, as to what this Yakṣa is.\" (He said), \"So be it.\" He (Indra) approached It (Yakṣa). From him (Yakṣa) vanished away. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.10) - [Next: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.12) - [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.3.11) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.3.11) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-nikhilananda.3.11) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p27) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.3.10-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.3.11) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.3.11) — Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha.p21) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit - [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v4.c27.s14.3) — Muir 1858, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.11) · Pramāṇa