[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) › 3.1 # Kena Upanishad 3.1 Kenopaniṣad 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.1) brahma ha devebhyo vijigye tasya ha brahmaṇo vijaye devā amahīyanta ta aikṣantāsmākam evāyaṃ vijayo 'smākam evāyaṃ mahimeti > It was Brahman, indeed, that achieved victory for the sake of the gods. In that victory, that was in fact Brahman's, the gods became elated. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.2.5) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.2) - [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.3.1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.3.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-nikhilananda.3.1) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p21) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.3.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.3.1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.4.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.3.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha.p17) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.1) · Pramāṇa