[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) › 4.6 # Kena Upanishad 4.6 Kenopaniṣad 4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4.6) tad dha tadvanaṃ nāma tadvanam ity upāsitavyaṃ sa ya etad evaṃ vedābhi hainaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni sam̐vāñchanti > The Brahman is well known as the one adorable to all creatures: (hence) It is to be meditated on with the help of the name tadvana. All creatures surely pray to anyone who meditates on It in this way. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4.5) - [Next: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4.7) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-gambhirananda.4.6) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Talavakâra-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-muller.4.6) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-nikhilananda.4.6) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena~en-hume.0.p39) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kenopaniṣatpadabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara.4.6-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kenaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!rangaramanuja.4.6.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!padapatha.4.6) — Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Kenopaniṣadvākyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!sankara-vakya.4.6) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s12.17) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c6.s1.5) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kena.4.6) · Pramāṇa