Kena Upanisad🔗

Preface First Section - Prathamaḥ Khaṇḍaḥ .............................. 8 Keneṣitam, By Whom Willed & Caused Second Section - Dvitīya Khaṇḍaḥ.............................. 41 Guru urges disciple to enquire & directly ‘Know’ Brahman Third Section - Tritīya Khaṇḍaḥ .............................................................. 63 Brahman, Consciousness Appears as Yakṣa, a divine being to Devas Fourth Section - Caturtaḥ Khaṇḍaḥ.......................................................102 Brahman Manifests as Devi Umā, The Cosmic Energy

Kena Upaniṣad or Kenopaniṣad is the second principle (mukhya) Upaniṣad as per the Muktikopaniṣad order of 108 Upaniṣads. It appears as the 9th chapter in Talavalara Brāhmaṇa of the Sāma Veda and also named Talavakāra Upaniṣad or Jaimini Brāhmaṇa, containing in it 35 mantras (sacred verses).

From the primeval enquiry “Kena Iṣṭam - by whom willed?” begins Kenopaniṣad, directing the flow of all thought currents into the Truth, the Source of all that is. A brief Upaniṣad, and yet one of the most concise, complete analytical studies of the Advaita Satya, Non-dual Truth, through a series of profound, direct enquiries that present to a sincere seeker – the unflinching quest and urgency of the Upaniṣadic Ṛṣis into Seeking and Seeing the Source, direct!

Studying this Upaniṣad is to fully iron out one's intellect and senses, and intensely direct one's logical quest to SEEK THE SOURCE, to reach the Immortal space of oneness with Brahman, the Source. Here, appears Brahman Itself veiled as a Yakṣa, to destroy the false pride of the Devas, the gods of mind-senses, who acclaim their powers and victory to themselves; and thus we learn the objective limitations of the mind, intellect, senses, ego, that themselves derive their source, power, and doership from Brahman, the Subjective Reality — as explained “It is the Ear of the ear , the Mind of the mind, śrotrasya śrotraṁ manaso mano yad”. Later, is glorified, Devi Umā, the cosmic power and manifestation of Brahman, who ultimately reveals the Nature and Existence of Brahman.