First five mantras of Kena Upanishad

[madanmohandas]

First five mantras of Kena Upanishad.

om; kenesitam patati presitam manah
kena praanah prathamah praiti yuktah/
kenesitaam vaacanimaam vadanti
caksuh srotram ka u devo yunakti//1//

Impelled by whom does the mind its way go,
By whose impetus does the life-air flow,
By whom is speech to utter forth impelled,
By which God is the eye and ear compelled? 1

Srotrasya srotram manaso mano yad
vaaco ha vaacam sa u praanasya praanah/
caksusascaksuratimucya dheeraah
pretyaasmaallokaadamrtaa bhavanti// 2//

He is the ear of ear, the mind of mind,
The speech of speech, the life of life defined,
Eye of the eye; the wise who meditate,
Leaving the world, attain the deathless state. 2

na tatra caksurgacchati
na vaaggacchati no manah/
na vidmo na vijaanimo
yathaitad-anusisyaat//3//

Yet the eye cannot go there, thus confined,
Neither the power of speech nor strength of mind;
And since beyond the eye, the mind and speech,
We do not rightly know how this to teach. 3

anyadeva tad-viditaad-
atho aviditaadadhi/
itisusrusam purveraam
nas-tad-vyaacacaksire//4//

Verily That is different is shown;
Beyond what is, above what is unknown;
This we have heard from ancient teachers thus,
Who this wisdom imparted unto us. 4

yadvaacaa'nabhyuditam
yena vaagabhyudyate/
tadeva brahma tvam vidhi
nedam yadidamupaasate//5//

That which is beyond the scope and the reach
Of words, yet is the impetus of speech;
Know That to be Brahman indeed, my dear,
And not that which the people worship here. 5

[madanmohandas]

yanmanasaa na manute
yenaahurmano matam/
tadeva brahma tvam vidhi
nedam yad-idam-upaasate//6//

That which cannot be thought of by the mind,
Wherein, they say, the mind is yet confined;
Know That to be Brahman indeed, my dear,
And not that which the people worship here. 6

yacchaksusaa na pasyati
yena caksumsi pasyati/
tadeva brahma tvam vidhi
nedam yad-idam-upaasate//7//

That which the eye has not capacity
To see, yet which gives the power to see;
Know That to be Brahman indeed, my dear,
And not that which the people worship here. 7

yacchrotrena na srnoti
yena srotramidam srutam/
tadeva brahma tvam vidhi
nedam yadidamupaasate//8//

That which is beyond the scope of the ear,
Is That which affords the power to hear;
Know That to be Brahman indeed, my dear,
And not that which the people worship here. 8

yatpraanena na praaniti
yena praanah praneeyate/
tadeva brahma tvam vidhi
nedam yadidamupaasate//9//

iti kenopanisadi prathamah khanda/

That which is not by the life-air conceived,
Is That by which the life-air is perceived;
Know That to be Brahman indeed, my dear,
And not that which the people worship here. 9

Thus ends Kenopanishad, part the first.