yadi manyase suvedeti daharamevāpi nūnaṃ tvaṃ-vem̐ttha brahmaṇo rūpam । yadasya tvaṃ-yam̐dasya deveṣvatha nu mīmāmsyameva te manye viditam ॥ 1॥ nāhaṃ manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca । yo nastadveda tadveda no na vedeti veda ca ॥ 2॥ yasyāmataṃ tasya mataṃ mataṃ-yam̐sya na veda saḥ । avijñātaṃ-vim̐jānatāṃ-vim̐jñātamavijānatām ॥ 3॥ pratibodhaviditaṃ matamamṛtatvaṃ hi viṃdate । ātmanā viṃdate vīryaṃ-vim̐dyayā viṃdate'mṛtam ॥ 4॥ iha cedavedīdatha satyamasti na cedihāvedīnmahatī vinaṣṭiḥ । bhūteṣu bhūteṣu vicitya dhīrāḥ pretyāsmāllokādamṛtā bhavaṃti ॥ 5॥ ॥ iti kenopaniṣadi dvitīyaḥ khaṃḍaḥ ॥