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# Kena Upanishad 4.1

Kenopaniṣad 4.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4.1)

sā brahmeti hovāca  
brahmaṇo vā etad vijaye mahīyadhvam iti  
tato haiva vidāṃ cakāra brahmeti

> "It was Brahman," said She. "In Brahman's victory, indeed, you became elated thus." From that (utterance) alone, to be sure, did Indra learn that It was Brahman.  
> — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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## Translations (4)

- [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-gambhirananda.4.1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.4.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-nikhilananda.4.1) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p31) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (6)

- [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.4.1-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.4.1.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.4.1) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.4.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha.p23) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (3)

- [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
- [Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.eliot-1921.v2.c41.16) — Eliot 1921, English
- [Outlines of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hiriyanna-1932.c8.s1.41) — Hiriyanna 1932, English

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