यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः ।अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम्
yasyāmataṃ tasya mataṃ mataṃ yasya na veda saḥ | avijñātaṃ vijānatāṃ vijñātamavijānatām
The most famous verse of Kena. The moment you claim 'I know' you have made Brahman into an object — but Brahman is the subject. True self-knowledge is a dissolution of the knower-known divide, not the addition of one more item to your inventory of facts.
अर्थMeaning
जिसे लगता है कि मैंने नहीं जाना, उसने जान लिया है। जिसे लगता है कि मैंने जान लिया, उसने नहीं जाना। ज्ञानियों के लिए वह अज्ञात है; अज्ञानियों के लिए वह ज्ञात है।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
He who thinks he does not know — knows. He who thinks he knows — does not know. It is unknown to those who know, and known to those who do not know.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
विज्ञान एवं आधुनिक उपयोगScience & Modern Application
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
जिसे लगता है कि मैंने नहीं जाना, उसने जान लिया है। इसे किसी एक घटना का संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह पढ़ना इस पंक्ति का बल है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- 2026-10-23
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- पाठ-भेद · Variant readings
- Manuscript traditions uniformly preserve the 35-verse partition with zero disputed interpolations.
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