Kena Upanishad - Part 2 - Malayalam

Teacher: If you think, "I have known Brahman well enough", then you know little, for the form of Brahman you see as conditioned in living beings and deities is little. Therefore, you should enquire further about Brahman.

Disciple (after reflecting further and realizing Brahman): I think I have known Brahman.

നാഹം മന്യേ സുവേദേതി നോ ന വേദേതി വേദ ച ।
യോ നസ്തദ്വേദ തദ്വേദ നോ ന വേദേതി വേദ ച ॥ 2॥

I do not think I know well. Yet I do not think I do not know. He who comprehends It both as Known and Unknown, knows It.

യസ്യാമതം തസ്യ മതം മതം യസ്യ ന വേദ സഃ ।
അവിജ്ഞാതം വിജാനതാം വിജ്ഞാതമവിജാനതാമ് ॥ 3॥

Teacher: He who understands It does not conceive It. And he does not understand It, who conceives It. To the wise it is unknown and to the ignorant it is known.

പ്രതിബോധവിദിതം മതമമൃതത്വം ഹി വിംദതേ ।
ആത്മനാ വിംദതേ വീര്യം വിദ്യയാ വിംദതേഽമൃതമ് ॥ 4॥

He who understands it by intuition, through every mental state, obtains strength from the Atman, and through knowledge, he attains immortality.

ഇഹ ചേദവേദീദഥ സത്യമസ്തി
ന ചേദിഹാവേദീന്മഹതീ വിനഷ്ടിഃ ।
ഭൂതേഷു ഭൂതേഷു വിചിത്യ ധീരാഃ
പ്രേത്യാസ്മാല്ലോകാദമൃതാ ഭവംതി ॥ 5॥

He who has realized It here in this world, is liberated here itself . He who has not realized suffers a great loss. Seeing the Atman in every being, the wise one rises above a life bound by the senses and attains immortality.

॥ ഇതി കേനോപനിഷദി ദ്വിതീയഃ ഖംഡഃ ॥

Thus ends the second part of കേനോപനിഷദ്.

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