UpanishadsHinduismAccepted ScriptureSanskritShareTalavakara / Kena Upanishad Fourth KhandaF. Max Muller / Sacred Books of the East - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableF. Max Muller / Sacred Books of the EastLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Chandogya Upanishad First PrapathakaChandogya Upanishad Second PrapathakaChandogya Upanishad Third PrapathakaChandogya Upanishad Fourth PrapathakaChandogya Upanishad Fifth PrapathakaChandogya Upanishad Sixth PrapathakaChandogya Upanishad Seventh PrapathakaChandogya Upanishad Eighth PrapathakaTalavakara / Kena Upanishad First KhandaTalavakara / Kena Upanishad Second KhandaTalavakara / Kena Upanishad Third KhandaTalavakara / Kena Upanishad Fourth KhandaAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad First AdhyayaAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad Second AdhyayaAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad Third AdhyayaAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad Fourth AdhyayaAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad Fifth AdhyayaAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad Sixth AdhyayaAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad Seventh AdhyayaKaushitaki Brahmana Upanishad First AdhyayaKaushitaki Brahmana Upanishad Second AdhyayaKaushitaki Brahmana Upanishad Third AdhyayaKaushitaki Brahmana Upanishad Fourth AdhyayaVagasaneyi Samhita / Isha UpanishadKatha Upanishad First AdhyayaKatha Upanishad Second AdhyayaMundaka Upanishad First KhandaMundaka Upanishad Second KhandaTaittiriya Upanishad First ValliTaittiriya Upanishad Second ValliTaittiriya Upanishad Third ValliBrihadaranyaka Upanishad First AdhyayaBrihadaranyaka Upanishad Second AdhyayaBrihadaranyaka Upanishad Third AdhyayaBrihadaranyaka Upanishad Fourth AdhyayaBrihadaranyaka Upanishad Fifth AdhyayaBrihadaranyaka Upanishad Sixth AdhyayaSvetasvatara Upanishad First AdhyayaSvetasvatara Upanishad Second AdhyayaSvetasvatara Upanishad Third AdhyayaSvetasvatara Upanishad Fourth AdhyayaSvetasvatara Upanishad Fifth AdhyayaSvetasvatara Upanishad Sixth AdhyayaPrasna Upanishad First QuestionPrasna Upanishad Second QuestionPrasna Upanishad Third QuestionPrasna Upanishad Fourth QuestionPrasna Upanishad Fifth QuestionPrasna Upanishad Sixth QuestionMaitrayana Brahmana Upanishad First PrapathakaMaitrayana Brahmana Upanishad Second PrapathakaMaitrayana Brahmana Upanishad Third PrapathakaMaitrayana Brahmana Upanishad Fourth PrapathakaMaitrayana Brahmana Upanishad Fifth PrapathakaMaitrayana Brahmana Upanishad Sixth PrapathakaMaitrayana Brahmana Upanishad Seventh Prapathaka›Talavakara / Kena Upanishad: Fourth KhandaTalavakara / Kena Upanishad Fourth KhandaListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1She replied: ‘ It is Brahman. It is through the victory of Brahman that you have thus become great/ After that he knew that it was Brahman. 2Therefore these Devas, viz. Agni, Vayu, and Indra, are, as it were, above the other gods, for they touched it (the Brahman) nearest 2. 3And therefore Indra is, as it were, above the other gods, for he touched it nearest, he first knew it. 4This is the teaching of Brahman, with regard to the gods (mythological): It is that which now lS 2 flashes forth in the lightning, and now vanishes again. 5And this is the teaching of Brahman, with re¬ gard to the body (psychological): It is that which seems to move as mind, and by it imagination remembers again and again 1. 6That Brahman is called Tadvana 2, by the name of Tadvana it is to be meditated on. All beings have a desire for him who knows this. 7The Teacher: ‘As you have asked me to The next illustration is purely psychological. Brahman is proved to exist, because our mind moves towards things, because there is something in us which moves and perceives, and because there is something in us which holds our perceptions together (sankalpa), and revives them again by memory. 1 give my translation as hypothetical only, for certainty is ex¬ tremely difficult to attain, when we have to deal with these enigma¬ tical sayings which, when they were first delivered, were necessarily accompanied by oral explanations. I 5 3 been told you. We have told you the Brahmi penance, restraint, sacrifice; the Vedas are all its limbs 1, the True is its abode. shaken off all evil, stands in the endless, uncon¬ querable 2 world of heaven, yea, in the world of heaven.’ ‹Previous chapterTalavakara / Kena Upanishad Third KhandaNext chapterAitareya Aranyaka / Upanishad First Adhyaya›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain 1879/1884/1900 English translation