इह चेदवेदीदथ सत्यमस्ति न चेदिहावेदीन्महती विनष्टिः । भूतेषु भूतेषु विचित्य धीराः प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति ॥ ५॥ ॥ इति केनोपनिषदि द्वितीयः खण्डः ॥

iha cedavedīdatha satyamasti na cedihāvedīnmahatī vinaṣṭiḥ । bhūteṣu bhūteṣu vicitya dhīrāḥ pretyāsmāllokādamṛtā bhavanti ॥ 5॥ ॥ iti kenopaniṣadi dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

iha (ind.): here., ced (ind.): if., avedīt (3 rd sing. aor. P. √vid): knew, perceived., atha (ind.): now, then, moreover., satyam (n. nom./acc. sing. satya; pres. act. p. √as -ya 8 ): true, real; lit. “coming from being”, “the state of being existent”, “as a result of being”., asti (3 rd sing. pres. indic. √as): is., na (ind.): not., ced (ind.): if., iha (ind.): here., avedīt (3 rd sing. aor. P. √vid): knew, perceived., mahatī (f. nom. sing. mahatī; the pres. p. √mah): elating, magnifying; great, large, extensive., vinaṣṭiḥ (f. nom. sing. vinaṣṭi; from vi √naś): destruction, loss., bhūteṣu (mn. loc. pl. bhūta; past pass. p. √bhū): in beings; lit. in the become (ones), in the arisen (ones)., bhūteṣu (mn. loc. pl. bhūta; past pass. p. √bhū): in beings; lit. in the become (ones), in the arisen (ones)., vicitya (ger. vi √cit): having sifted; having discerned, having distinguished., dhīrāḥ (mf. nom. pl. dhīra; prob. from √dhṛ or √dhā): the wise, skillful, clever; the steady, constant., pretya (ger. pra √i): having gone forth (i.e., having died)., asmāt (m. abl. sing. pron. idam): from this., lokāt (m. abl. sing. loka): from the world., amṛtam (n. nom./acc. pl. amṛta; past pass. p. a √mṛ): immortals., bhavanti (3 rd pl. pres. indic. P. √bhū): (they) are, become, arise.