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# Kena (Talavakāra) Upaniṣad 4.2

Kenopaniṣad 4.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4.2)

tasmād vā ete devā atitarām ivānyān devān  
yad agnir vāyur indras  
te hy enan nediṣṭhaṃ pasparśus  
te hy enat prathamā vidāṃ cakrur brahmeti

> 27 (2). Therefore, verily, these gods, namely Agni, Vāyu, and Indra, are above the other gods, as it were; for these touched It nearest, for these and \[especially\] he \[i. e. Indra\] first knew It was Brahma.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p33) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.4.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English

## Commentaries (6)

- [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.4.1-2.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.4.2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.4.2) — Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha.p25) — 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

## Linked texts (2)

- [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) — John Muir, English
- [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.5.2) — Sanskrit

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