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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Kena Upanishad in this series.
The Kena Upanishad (Sanskrit: केनोपनिषद्) (also alternatively known as Talavakara Upanishad) is a Vedic Sanskrit text classified as one of the primary or Mukhya Upanishads that is embedded inside the last section of the Talavakara Brahmana of the Samaveda. It is listed as number 2 in the Muktikā, the canon of the 108 Upanishads of Hinduism.
Kena Upanishad has three parts: 13 verses in the first part, 15 paragraphs in the second part, and 6 paragraphs in the epilogue. These are distributed in four khaṇḍas (खण्ड, sections or volumes). The first Khanda has 8 verses, the second has 5 verses. The third Khanda has 12 paragraphs, while the fourth khanda has the remaining 9 (3 paragraphs of main text and 6 paragraphs of the epilogue).
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0:00.0 | Ome, Apayyantum Mangani, |
0:09.0 | Vak Pranachshu Shrothramathobalim Indryanichasarvani. |
0:16.0 | Sarvam Brahmhaupanishadam, Maham Brahmh nirakuriam, ma ma brahmh |
0:23.4 | nirakarod, anirakaranam asth |
0:27.1 | arthuranirakaranam estu |
0:29.6 | thadatwani niratyaupanishatsu |
0:32.6 | Thamei santo, teemay santo |
0:35.6 | Oam shanthe, shany, shanty, shanty. |
0:43.3 | May my limbs, speech, vital force, eyes, ears, as also strength and all the organs become |
0:51.3 | well developed. Everything is the Brahman revealed in the Upanishads. |
0:55.8 | May I not deny Brahman, may not Brahman deny me, let there be no spurning of me by Brahman, |
1:02.6 | let there be no rejection of Brahman by me. May all the virtues that are spoken of in the Upanishads |
1:08.7 | repose in me who am engaged in the pursuit of the selfanishads, repose in me, who am engaged in the pursuit of the self, |
1:13.4 | may they repose in me. Ome, peace, peace, peace. |
1:23.3 | So, in the Kenopanishad, which is is the original text is divided into four chapters, we are in the fourth chapter and the very end of the fourth chapter. |
1:35.3 | Now comes a very interesting, more than interesting, a rather peculiar section. |
1:41.3 | After the entire teaching, the student pops a most unexpected question. |
1:47.6 | After listening to the Upanishad, the student asks, please teach me the Upanishad. Will you please |
1:52.4 | teach me the Upanishad? Why? And what does that mean? So let's go into that. |
2:01.6 | This is the seventh Pantra. |
2:07.6 | Upanishadam Bhobruhyit tuktā, |
2:11.6 | Brahmhim Vawata Upanishadam Abrumethi. |
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