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The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section -1 : Swami Krishnananda.

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  ======================================================================================= Thursday 17, Sep 2026, 15:45. Articles Scriptures The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section - 1 Swami Krishnananda ======================================================================================= Mantram-2. śrotrasya śrotram manaso mano yad vāco ha vācaṁ sa u prāṇasya prāṇah, cakṣuṣaś cakṣur atimukya dhīraḥ, pretty āsmāl lokāt amṛta bhavanti. ============================================================================================ Simple is the answer of the Upanishad, as simple was its question. What is that, was the question. The answer is: It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of the speech, the breath of the breath, the eye of the eye. Knowing this, heroes, having departed hence, relinquish what is mortal and become immortal. This is the second mantra in the form of an answer to the question of the first mantra. When the Upanishad says that the real is the eye ...

The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section - 1: Swami Krishnananda

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  ====================================================================================================== Wednesday 09, Sep 2026, 14:15. Articles Scriptures The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section - 1:  Swami Krishnananda ============================================================================================ Invocation āpyāyantu mamāṅgāni vāk prānaś cakṣuḥ śrotram atho balam indriyāṇi ca sarvāṇi. sarvam brahmopaniṣadam mā'ham brahma nirākuryām mā mā brahma nirākarot anirākaraṇam astu anirākaraṇam me'stu. tad ātmani nirate ya upaniṣatsu dharmās te mayi santu; aum śantiḥ, śantiḥ, śantiḥ. Mantram 1 keneṣitam patati preṣitam manaḥ kena prāṇaḥ prathamaḥ praiti yuktaḥ, keneṣitaṁ vācam imāṁ vadanti cakṣuh śrotraṁ ka u devo yunakti. Thus begins the Kena Upanishad with a question: Who is the impeller and propeller of the mind, who is it that incites life into activity, propelled by whom does speech function properly, and who is the Divinity that harnesses the senses, such as the ey...