Kena Upanishad Verse 5

Kena Upanishad Verse 1.5

Continuing the theme of the ‘internal enabler,’ this verse states that the mind cannot conceive Brahman; rather, it is Brahman that empowers the mind to think. True realization is recognizing the source and avoiding the worship of mental constructs.

Sanskrit Verse

यन्मनसा न मनुते येनाहुर्मनो मतम् ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

yanmanasā na manute yenāhurmano matam |
tadeva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yadidamupāsate || 5 ||

Translation

What one cannot think with the mind, but by which they say the mind is made to think, know That alone to be the Brahman, not this which (people) here worship.