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The Yoga of Brahman Knowledge

(Chapter 2)

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

yadi manyase suvedeti daharamevāpi var dabhramevāpinūnaṃ tvaṃ vettha brahmaṇo rūpam .yadasya tvaṃ yadasya deveṣvatha numīmām̐syameva te manye viditam .. 1..

AI Translation

1 The teacher said: If you think: “I know Brahman well,” then surely you know but little of Its form; you know only Its form as conditioned by man or by the gods. Therefore Brahman, even now, is worthy of your inquiry.

Verse 2

nāhaṃ manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca .yo nastadveda tadveda no na vedeti veda ca .. 2..

AI Translation

2 The disciple said: I think I know Brahman. I do not think I know It well, nor do I think I do not know It. He among us who knows the meaning of “Neither do I not know, nor do I know”-knows Brahman.

Verse 3

yasyāmataṃ tasya mataṃ mataṃ yasya na veda saḥ .avijñātaṃ vijānatāṃ vijñātamavijānatām .. 3..

AI Translation

3 He by whom Brahman is not known, knows It; he by whom It is known, knows It not. It is not known by those who know It; It is known by those who do not know It.

Verse 4

pratibodhaviditaṃ matamamṛtatvaṃ hi vindate .ātmanā vindate vīryaṃ vidyayā vindate’mṛtam .. 4..

AI Translation

4 Brahman is known when It is realised in every state of mind; for by such Knowledge one attains Immortality. By Atman one obtains strength; by Knowledge, Immortality

Verse 5

iha cedavedīdatha satyamastina cedihāvedīnmahatī vinaṣṭiḥ .bhūteṣu bhūteṣu vicitya dhīrāḥpretyāsmāllokādamṛtā bhavanti .. 5.... iti kenopaniṣadi dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ..

AI Translation

5 If a man knows Atman here, he then attains the true goal of life. If he does not know It here, a great destruction awaits him. Having realised the Self in every being, the wise relinquish the world and become immortal.