Section 2
Original Sanskrit
1 यदि मन्यसे सुवेदेति दहरमेवापिनूनं त्वं वेत्थ ब्रह्मणो रूपम् ।यदस्य त्वं यदस्य देवेष्वथ नुमीमाँस्येमेव ते मन्ये विदितम्
2 नाहं मन्ये सुवेदेति नो न वेदेति वेद च ।यो नस्तद्वेद तद्वेद नो न वेदेति वेद च
3 यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः ।अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम्
4 प्रतिबोधविदितं मतममृतत्वं हि विन्दते ।आत्मना विन्दते वीर्यं विद्यया विन्दतेऽमृतम्
5 इह चेदवेदीदथ सत्यमस्तिन चेदिहावेदीन्महती विनष्टिः ।भूतेषु भूतेषु विचित्य धीराःप्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Sanskrit and reviewed against it, covering four sections and all 35 source-numbered verses with the opening and closing invocation. Sanskrit Wikisource contributors’ transcription, revision 407400, CC BY-SA 4.0; the underlying ancient text is public domain.
1 "If you think, 'I know it well,' then surely you knowonly a little of Brahman's form—what is of it in you and what is of it among the gods. So nowit remains for you to inquire." "I think it is known."
2 "I do not think, 'I know it well'; nor do I think, 'I do not know it.' I know it too.Whoever among us understands this understands it: not 'I do not know it,' and 'I know it' too."
3 For whom it is not thought, it is understood; whoever thinks it understood does not know it.Unknown to those who know, known to those who do not know.
4 Understood in every act of awareness, it is truly understood: through it one finds immortality.Through the Self one finds strength; through knowledge one finds the immortal.
5 If one has known it here, then there is truth;if one has not known it here, great is the loss.Discerning it in being after being, the wisedepart from this world and become immortal.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the Sanskrit and reviewed against it, covering four sections and all 35 source-numbered verses with the opening and closing invocation. Sanskrit Wikisource contributors’ transcription, revision 407400, CC BY-SA 4.0; the underlying ancient text is public domain.
1 "If you think, 'I know it well,' then only a littleof Brahman's form is surely known to you—what it is in you and what it is among the gods. So nowyou must look into it further." "I think I know it."
2 "I do not think I know it well; nor do I not know it. I do know it.Whoever among us knows that knows it—not that they do not know it; they do know it."
3 Those who do not think they understand it understand it; those who think they understand it do not know it.It is unknown to those who know, and known to those who do not know.
4 It is understood when known in every act of awareness, for one finds immortality.Through the Self one finds strength; through knowledge one finds immortality.
5 If you know it here, then there is truth.If you do not know it here, the loss is great.The wise recognize it in each and every being;they leave this world and become immortal.
About this section
Section 2 is part of Kena Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 2 of 4 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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