[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) › 3.4 # Kena Upanishad 3.4 Kenopaniṣad 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.4) tad abhyadravat tam abhyavadat ko 'sīty agnir vā aham asmīty abravīj jātavedā vā aham asmīti > 16 (3). They said to Agni (Fire): ‘Jātavedas, find out this—what this wonderful being is.’ ‘So be it.’ 17 (4). He ran unto It. Unto him It spoke: ‘Who are you?’ ‘Verily, I am Agni,’ said he. ‘Verily, I am Jātavedas.’ 18 (5). ‘In such as you what power is there?’ ‘Indeed, I might burn everything here, whatever there is here in the earth!’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.3) - [Next: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p23) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.3.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.3.4-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.3.3.4.p8) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.3.4) — 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 - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c8.s5.11) — R. D. Ranade, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.3.4) · Pramāṇa