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Kena Upaniṣad 3.10

KeU 3.10

तस्मै तृणं निदधावेतदादत्स्वेति तदुपप्रेयाय सर्वजवेन तन्न शशाकादतुम् | स तत एव निववृते नैतदशकं विज्ञातुं यदेतद्यक्षमिति

Brahman placed a straw before him and said: "Blow this away." He (Vayu) rushed towards it with all speed, but was not able to blow it away. So he returned from there and said (to the Devas): "I was not able to find out what this great mystery is."

Translated by Swami Paramananda

Brahman put a straw before him, saying: 'Take it up.' He went towards it with all his might, but he could not take it up. Then he returned thence and said: 'I could not find out what sprite this is.'

Translated by F. Max Müller

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Cite as: Kena Upaniṣad 3.10, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/KeU/3.10), after Project Gutenberg #3283, Swami Paramananda, The Upanishads (1919).

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Project Gutenberg #3283 — Swami Paramananda, The Upanishads (1919)

Public domain (Paramananda d. 1940; Project Gutenberg). Devanagari: Sanskrit Wikisource (public-domain text). English: F. Max Müller (SBE, public domain).

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