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Agni Cannot Burn a Blade of Grass

Kena Upanishad · Khanda 3 · Verse 18

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Sanskrit Original

तस्मिन्त्वयि किं वीर्यमित्यपीदꣳ सर्वं दहेयं यदिदं पृथिव्यामिति । तस्मै तृणं निदधावेतद्दहेति तदुपप्रेयाय सर्वजवेन तन्न शशाक दग्धुं स तत एव निववृते नैतदशकं विज्ञातुमिति ॥

tasmin tvayi kiṃ vīryam ity apīdaṃ sarvaṃ daheyaṃ yad idaṃ pṛthivyām iti | tasmai tṛṇaṃ nidadhāv etad dahetyatad upapreyāya sarvajvena tan na śaśāka dagdhuṃ sa tata eva nivavṛte naitad aśakaṃ vijñātum iti ||

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The Yaksha asked: "What is your power?" Agni replied: "I can burn everything on earth." The Yaksha placed a blade of grass before him: "Burn this." Agni attacked with full force — he could not burn it. He returned: "I could not find out what that Yaksha is."