yadi manyase suvedeti daharamevāpi
nūna-ntvaṃ-ve~ttha brahmaṇo rūpam |
yadasya tvaṃ-ya~dasya deveṣvatha nu
mīmāmsyameva te manye viditam || 1||
nāha-mmanye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca |
yo nastadveda tadveda no na vedeti veda ca || 2||
yasyāmata-ntasya mata-mmataṃ-ya~sya na veda saḥ |
avijñātaṃ-vi~jānatāṃ-vi~jñātamavijānatām || 3||
pratibodhavidita-mmatamamṛtatvaṃ hi vindate |
ātmanā vindate vīryaṃ-vi~dyayā vindate-'mṛtam || 4||
iha cedavedīdatha satyamasti
na cedihāvedīnmahatī vinaṣṭiḥ |
bhūteṣu bhūteṣu vicitya dhīrāḥ
pretyāsmāllokādamṛtā bhavanti || 5||
|| iti kenopaniṣadi dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ||