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Kena Upanishad 2.3

2.3 Teacher to Disciple

यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः । अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम् ॥

yasyāmataṃ tasya mataṃ mataṃ yasya na veda saḥ | avijñātaṃ vijānatāṃ vijñātamavijānatām ||

It is known by the one to whom it is not known; the one to whom it is known does not know it. It is not understood by those who understand; it is understood by those who do not understand.

जो मानता है कि उसने इसे नहीं जाना, उसी ने इसे जाना है; जो मानता है कि उसने इसे जान लिया, वह इसे नहीं जानता। जानने का दावा करने वालों के लिए यह अनजाना है; न जानने वालों के लिए यह जाना हुआ है।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Humility is the doorway here. The person who stops trying to pin the truth down as one more idea is closer to it than the one who is sure he owns it.

यहाँ विनम्रता ही द्वार है। जो सत्य को एक और विचार की तरह पकड़ने की कोशिश छोड़ देता है, वह उस व्यक्ति से अधिक निकट है जो मानता है कि सत्य उसकी मुट्ठी में है।

The teacher states the paradox plainly: those who think they have grasped Brahman have not, and those who see it cannot be grasped as an object truly know it.

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