Kena and Other Upanishads

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(Sri Aurobindo:) “The Kena addresses itself to the soul still attracted by the external life, not yet wholly awakened nor wholly a seeker; it begins therefore with the Brahman as the Self beyond Mind and proceeds to the Brahman as the hidden Lord of all our mental and vital activities, because it has to point this soul upward beyond its apparent and outward existence.”[1]


Kena and Other Upanishads


Part One: Translations and Commentaries Published by Sri Aurobindo

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Katha Upanishad 99 Paper icon.png
Mundaka Upanishad 129 Paper icon.png
Readings in the Taittiriya Upanishad 149 Paper icon.png

Part Two: Translations and Commentaries from Manuscripts

Section One. Introduction
On Translating the Upanishads 163
Section Two. Complete Translations (circa 1900 – 1902)
The Prusna Upanishad of the Athurvaveda 175
The Mandoukya Upanishad 193
The Aitereya Upanishad 197
Taittiriya Upanishad 206
Section Three. Incomplete Translations and Commentaries (circa 1902 – 1912)
Svetasvatara Upanishad 235
Chhandogya Upanishad 250
Notes on the Chhandogya Upanishad 258
The Brihad Aranyak Upanishad 268
The Great Aranyaka: A Commentary on the Brihad Aranyak Upanishad 273
The Kaivalya Upanishad 288
Nila Rudra Upanishad 290
Section Four. Incomplete Commentaries on the Kena Upanishad (circa 1912 – 1914)
Kena Upanishad: An Incomplete Commentary 297
A Commentary on the Kena Upanishad 311
Three Fragments of Commentary 313
Kena Upanishad: A Partial Translation with Notes 315
Section Five. Incomplete Translations of Two Vedantic Texts (circa 1900 – 1902)
The Karikas of Gaudapada 319
Sadananda’s Essence of Vedanta 330

Part Three: Writings on Vedanta

Four Fragments 337
The Spirit of Hinduism 340
The Philosophy of the Upanishads 345
An Incomplete Work of Vedantic Exegesis 400
The Religion of Vedanta 413
Evolution in the Vedantic View 414
The Means of Realisation 421
A Fragmentary Chapter for a Work on Vedanta 424
God and Immortality 433


Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.



  1. ↑ Kena and Other Upanishads, p.24, “The Supramental Godhead”


See also


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