The Upanishads has now been expanded and brought out in two volumes, with much new material published for the first time in book form. The single volume The Upanishads has been discontinued, with all its content included in the two new volumes, each available as an independent book. The Kena Upanishad is concerned with the relation of mind-consciousness to Brahman-consciousness , writes Sri Aurobindo in his commentary on this work. The material world and the physical life exist for us only by virtue of our internal self and our internal life. According as our mental instruments represent to us the external world, according as our vital force in obedience to the mind deals with its impacts and objects, so will be our outward life and existence. Along with Sri Aurobindo's final translation of and commentary on the Kena, this book includes his translations of six other Upanishads as well as several other translations and commentaries, and essays such as 'The Philosophy of the Upanishads'.
Sense organs like mind, eyes, ear, etc, be, Totally powerless by themselves certainly; They require power to function in actuality, That source of power Brahman or Self be; It Supreme Reality on which all rests surely, It the hub of wheel - causing rolling to be; Our wisdom lies in realizing that Power truly, This sense world is not real - but a dream be;
Upanishads are verses from the Vedas that have been compiled as independent and complete sets. Traditionally the verses in each Veda have been classified as Mantra portion or Brahmana portion. Within the Brahmana portion, a further sub-classification of verses has been done, namely Brahmana-Aranyaka-Upanishad. Upanishad means essential thought or guiding principle. The Kena Upanishad is attributed to the Samaveda. It attempts to resolve the soul searching Q, WHAT is it that impels me? Who is directing my senses? Why is it that I do what I do? How come I succeed and at times I fail? This book explains the crux of the verses in easy to grasp contemporary language. It contains original verse in Sanskrit with a Latin transliteration and an English commentary. Uses clear well-spaced Devanagari font.For the Sanskrit enthusiast, each verse has padachheda and anvaya with cases Vibhakti.