Kena Upanishad — Chapter 1: Section 1: The Inquiry
9 verses
Verse 1
By whom directed does the mind go forth? By whom commanded does the first breath move? By whom is this speech impelled that people speak? What god di…
Verse 2
It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, the breath of breath, and the eye of the eye. Having relinquished these, the wi…
Verse 3
The eye does not go there, nor speech, nor the mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how one can teach this.
Verse 4
It is other than the known and also above the unknown. Thus have we heard from those of old who explained it to us.
Verse 5
That which is not expressed by speech, but by which speech is expressed — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.