The right ropes serve for some animals, the left ropes for others. From the navel proceeded the apana (the down-breathing), from apana death. 1. He who thus knows this Samhita (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. Let them be made of Darbha (Kusa grass), for among plants Darbha is free from evil, therefore they should be made of Darbha grass. Nay, not even in excessive wealth should he curse a Brahmana, but he should say, 'I bow before Brahmanas,'-thus says Suravira Mandukeya. VI, 17, 1) piba somam abhi yam ugra tardah. Pankalakanda said: 'The Samhita (union, composition) is speech.'. X, 124, 9):-. If these verses are recited straight on, they are twenty-one. He recites the eighty tristichs of Gatatris. Therefore let him mount it from behind. 5. By his mind the water and Varuna were created. A yatam rudravartani, 'Come hither, ye Rudravartani.'. He who desires prosperity should use the hymn, pra vo devayagnaye (Rv. Now those who repeat the Nirbhuga say: 2. These (the Trishtubh and Virag verses of the hymn) form two metres, which form a support (pratishihi). Aitareya Aranyaka belongs to the Shakala recension of the Rigveda and it is divided into five major segments, known as Aranyakas. He (the person) is the father, they (earth, fire, &c.) are the sons. Thus he recites, Come hither, come hither! A Yagus line, an invocation, and general remarks, these are not measured (they are in prose). A is the whole of speech, and manifested through different kinds of contact (mutes) and of wind (sibilants. To him the Vedas yield no more milk, he has no luck in what he has learnt (from his Guru); he does not know the path of virtue. VIII, 69, 2 a) 2. O self-luminous Brahman, be manifested to me. 6. 1. He who knows this, obtains these desires. He says: 'I saw a guardian,' because he, the breath, is a guardian, for he guards everything. Skin burst forth. Only he may curse a Brahmana in excessive wealth. Whatever he reaches, he wishes to go beyond. (5) And having this knowledge he stepped forth, after this dissolution of the body, and having obtained all his desires in that heavenly world, became immortal, yea, he became immortal. 17. 4. This is the food prepared by VisvAmitra. 3. After having killed Vritra, Indra became great. Next follows the head. 5. And when he says, 'May she accept our sacrifice!' Then he recites the Tarkshya hymn . All desires dwell in the one (mind), the other yields all desires. He who knows this, obtains Brahman even by Brahman. Therefore let him touch it with his chin. Now next the Upanishad of the whole speech. This is meant to say: They discovered (and meditated) in speech (called Anushtubh)-at that time (when they worshipped the uktha)-the Prana (breath) connected with Indra. VIII, 69, 2), the dhenu (cows) are the waters, for they delight all this; and ishudhyasi means, thou art food. Then Agni (fire), having become speech, entered the mouth. That hymn, asat su me, is not definitely addressed to any deity, and is therefore supposed to be addressed to Pragapati. Therefore at the end of the year (on the last day but one of the sacrifice that lasts a whole year) the sacrificers rest on this atonement as their rest. EMBED (for … These are the six powers (of the right wing). Verily, this day also (the mahavrata) is one in which many receive the same reward. 11. He obtains that food by those (three numbers, ten, hundred, and thousand, or by the three sets of eighty trikas). 5. The seed of seed are creatures. ', 2. V, 82, 1-3) and adya no deva savitar (Rv. This became a Sukta (hymn).' X, 39,12):-. He who knows this rests firm, and they also for whom a Hotri priest who knows this, recites this hymn. 16. With my ripe mind I saw him close to me (in the heart); the mother (licks or) absorbs him (breath), and he absorbs the mother (speech).'. the couple is sweet, the offspring is sweet, and thus through the couple he conquers offspring. Let him know that this is the life of the Samhita. The other powers (devatis), viz. Some people say: 'Let the priest make two (recitations with the offering of the) agya (ghee) on that day,'but the right thing is one'. Aitareya Upanishad – Introduction 7 – 8 3. In dhenunam ishudhyasi (Rv. 5. These may occur in any order in a man’s life, sometimes concurrent, sometimes distinct. The hymn a no bhadrah kratavo yantu visvatah (Rv. Some say: 'Let the swing be one ell (aratni) above the ground, for by that measure verily the Svarga worlds are measured. 6. 3. The hymn is truly the sky, for the birds fly along the sky, and men drive following the sky. Therefore (by intercalating these) he does not begin simply with a Rik, Yag-us, or Saman verse, he does not start with a Rik, Yagus, or Saman verse. By repeating the first and the last verses thrice, they become twenty-five. 'That (name) which was the best and without a flaw;'-for this is the best and without a flaw. This is it. Thus it is fit for the day, yea, it is fit for the day. (6). 1. What precedes the eighty trikas, that is one order, then follow the three sets of eighty trikas each, and what comes after is the fifth order. Therefore all birds support themselves on their tail, and having supported themselves on their tail, they fly up. He thus places life and speech in him (the sacrificer.). They make1080 together, and 1080 are the rays of the sun. Verily, it is the same with both, the father (Mandukeya) and the son. They strove again, saying: 'I am the uktha, I am the uktha.' 6. Therefore man says to man, 'Thou shinest above us;' or to a stiff and proud man, 'Thou carriest thy neck stiff.' He who knows this, becomes the bowl or support of his friends. 3. 10. That by which we see (form), that by which we hear (sound), that by which we perceive smells, that by which we utter speech, that by which we distinguish sweet and not sweet, (1) and what comes from the heart and the mind, namely, perception, command, understanding, knowledge, wisdom, seeing, holding, thinking, considering, readiness (or suffering), remembering, conceiving, willing, breathing, loving, desiring? And that Self, consisting of (knowledge), is Brahman (m.), it is Indra, it is Pragapati . The Talavakâra-upanishad. He (Vamadeva), having by this conscious self stepped forth from this world, and having obtained all desires in that heavenly world, became immortal, yea, he became immortal. 'No,' he said, 'let him take that hymn. READ as many books as you like (Personal use). The English Translation of Aitareya … The two feet, each consisting of ten syllable (Rv. The hymn is his mouth, as before in the case of the earth. 11. Aitareya Upanishad (Source: "The Upanishads - A New Translation" by Swami Nikhilananda) Invocation . So much with regard to the deities; now with regard to the body:-. 12. 4. Hence birth takes place in and from the woman. This (the hymns of this Sastra) as a whole (if properly counted with the Stobha syllables) comes to one thousand (of Brihati verses). With Sanskrit verses and its English rendering, followed by an authentic translation of Sri Shankaracharya’s commentary, this Upanishad distinctly expounds the goal of human life to be the realization of the identity of the individual soul and the Supreme Soul. those deities (which enter the body, Agni as voice, entering the mouth, &c.); and that was manifest among the gods in heaven. Contents. Verily, Virag verses are food, and they thus serve for the gaining of food. The shrubs and trees, having become hairs, entered the skin. I, 165, 1). 6. 13. Aitareya Upanishad Book Description : This Upanishad is contained in the Rig Veda and forms a part of the Aitareya Aranyaka. He who knows this, obtains those desires. The English Translation of Aitareya … This has also been declared by a Rishi (Rv. He joins this world with breath. Let people know that breath is the uktha indeed. If he sees a black man with black teeth, and that man kills him; or a boar kills him; a monkey jumps on him; the wind carries him along quickly; having swallowed gold he spits it out; he eats honey; he chews stalks; he carries a red lotus; he drives with asses and boars; wearing a wreath of red flowers (naladas) he drives a black cow with a black calf, facing the south. Therefore does a man, after having found a wife, consider himself a more perfect man. 7 The Aitareya Brahmanam Of Rigveda vol. That is in Gayatri verses. The word purusha, consisting of three syllables, that indeed goes into the Virag. For, verily, that is real respect which is shown to one when he sees it. 19. There are 360 syllables (vowels), 360 sibilants (consonants), 360 groups. They increase the one (the body), but they do not increase the other,' i. e. they increase these bodies (by food), but this being (breath) is immortal. 4. He adorns that trunk, the twenty-first, by this hymn. This is what was intended by the verse. Then follows the hymn, NrinAm u tvA nritamam gobhir ukthaih (Rv. 9. Thus was born, out of the potter Mahidāsa, the proletarian Ṛṣi, the Sage of the labourers, and son of the soil Seer Aitareya, who attained Godhood and authored this scripture of the common man, and sang the song of Hindu culture from a hut of the ‘slum’. This is the self, the fivefold uktha. And that matter which was born, that verily was food. He lives his full age. Sudadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath. Gayatri is Brahman, Anushtubh is speech; and he thus puts together speech with Brahman. 'While dwelling in the womb, I discovered all the births of these Devas. But his eldest son said: The former half is mind, the latter half speech. 3. He knows what is to happen tomorrow, he knows heaven and hell. 4. 14. Now follows the Mahavrata ceremony. I This I think to be the regular Samhita as conceived by me,' thus said Badhva. That syllable Om (yes) goes forward (to the first cause of the world) and is empty. Aitareya Upanishad discusses three philosophical themes: 1. 18. The swing is masculine, the seat feminine, and they form a union. 13. Therefore people call him who is really Prana (breath), the Satarkin poets. X, 29) and yo gata eva (Rv. Chapter 2 40 – 42 8. The hymn is the nostrils, as before in the case of the sky. Its essence is yonder sun. Therefore they are deficient and excessive. Of that triad, viz. Let him say to him: 'Breath, the beam, will forsake thee. Both (these places) are Brahman indeed. Because he guarded (atrayata) all this whatsoever from evil, therefore there are (the poets of the fifth Mandala of the Rig-veda, called) Atrayah. Let the women who are with child move away! What is true (Om) is the flower and fruit of speech. May what I study from the Vedas not leave me! 3. 2. Some say, that there should be one plank, because the wind blows in one way, and it should be like the wind. He recites a twenty-second verse. 1, 189, 10):-, 22. No, all these are various names only of knowledge (the true Self). The hymn indragni yuvam su nah (Rv. 13. 12. 3. In the earlier portions of the Aranyaka rituals for the attainment of oneness with Saguna Brahman and their interpretations are dealt with. Man also consists of twenty-five. 10. He who knows this, becomes the refuge of his friends. He who knew this became Vasishtha, he took this name from thence. The eighth is speech, and he thinks, May my speech never be intertwined with the other pranas. Let him know that breath is the beam (on which the whole house of the body rests). Chapter 1 – Section 3 28 – 39 7. The first Aranyaka deals. He led a horse towards them. 8. Having departed he becomes Indra (or Hiranyagarbha) and shines in those worlds. 6. III, 2) forms the beginning of the Agnimaruta. Verily, brihat is mahat (great), and as endowed with mahat, great, the form of this day (mahavrata) is perfect. 5. What we call the person of the Veda is (the mind) by which we know the Vedas, the Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, and Sama-veda. Commentaries/ Translations He who thus knows this Samhita (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. 5. 11. II, 12). Read the Translation of Aitareya Upanishad by Jayaram V. FIRST ARANYAKA FIRST ADHYAYA - FIRST KHANDA. Nay, not even in excessive wealth should he curse a Brahmana, but he should say, 'I bow before Brahmanas,'-thus says Suravira, Mandukeya. 2. 21. X, 114, 4): -, 16. In (the Pragatha) pra va indraya brihate (Rv. The Hymn is the forehead, as before in the case of heaven. As many Trishtubh and Gagati verses, taken from the ten Mandalas and addressed to Indra, as they insert (between the two above-mentioned hymns), after changing them into Brihatis, so many years do they live beyond the (usual) age (of one hundred years). Rv. Chapter 1 – Section 1 13 – 22 5. EMBED. 8. 10. 6. 6. This is why the Mahavrata ceremony is called Mahavrata. A hundred iron strongholds kept me, but I escaped quickly down like a falcon. May my speech be fixed in my mind, may my mind be fixed in my speech! He recites the eighty tristichs of Ushnih. If a man knows the reason why khandas are called khandas, the verses cover him in whatever place he likes against any evil deed. 3. Nostrils burst forth. 11. This day also is the end (of the sacrifice which lasts a whole year). What we call the Great person is the year, which causes some beings to fall together, and causes others to grow up. And this has been said by a Rishi (Rv. The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda, containing the earliest speculations of the Brahmans on the meaning of the sacrificial prayers, Language English. 8. Verily, breath (prana) is sound. Let it be one fist (mushti), for by that measure verily all eatable food is made, and by that measure all eatable food is taken; therefore let it be one fist above the ground. He begins with the hymn, Tad id asa bhuvaneshu gyeshtham (Rv. 6. Speech is his (the breath's) rope, the names the knots . The excess belongs to the man, the deficiency to the woman. It happens. It further states that after the worlds were created, the Brahman created the cosmic Being, Purusha, by first creating various organs. 1. 11. This becomes perfect as a thousand of Brihati verses. For all these beings breathe and live by means of food indeed. VIII, 74, I). 3. 7. They are twenty-one Dvipada verses. 2. The mute consonants represent the earth, the sibilants the sky, the vowels heaven. This was intended. Rv. 3. 7. But if spoken aloud, it is body, and therefore it is perceptible, for body is perceptible. 4. Therefore if he recites the hymn of Bharadvaga, then, after having driven away evil, he becomes learned, long-lived, and full of austerities. 2. Mind entered, but the body lay still. The people (visah) indeed are increase, and therefore he (the sacrificer) becomes increased. The seed of Pragapati are the Devas (gods). He recites the Virag verses. Tarukshya said: 'The Samhita (union) is formed by means of the Brihat and Rathantara Samans.'. 8. X, 120). 5. 7. From the water thus brooded on, matter (mutrti) was born. Vayu (air), having become scent, entered the nostrils. Therefore let a man who knows this, finish (the Nishkevalya) with that verse. Here the blood of the woman is a form of Agni (fire); therefore no one should despise it. 6. ... Books about The Aitareya Aranyaka : Introduction, English Translation. 1. 14. He says: 'Coming and going on his ways,' because the breath comes and goes on his ways. Surely because no other Rishi but Vasukra brought out a Marutvatiya hymn, or divided it properly. The Asvinau go to the sacrifice of him who knows this, or for whom a Hotri priest who knows this, recites. And then he thought: By what way shall I get there? The English Translation of Aitareya … 6. bones, marrow, and joints, there are 360 (parts) on this side (the right), and 360 on that side (the left). 'Come hither on that which is quicker than mind,' and (Rv.VIII, 73, 2) 'Come hither on that which is quicker than the twinkling of an eye,' yea, the twinkling of an eye. By means of the syllable of life (the a) alone (which is contained in that thousand of hymns) does a man obtain the day of life (the mahavrata day, which completes the number of the days in the Gavamayana sacrifice), and by means of the day of life (he obtains) the syllable of life. Verily, the eighty Brihati tristichs are the world of the sky. Him alone they call Brahman. He who desires proper food should use the hymn, agnim naro didhitibhih (Rv. The Hotrakas (the Prasastri, Brahmanakkhamsin, Potri, Neshtri, Agnidhra, and Akkhavaka) together with the Brahman sit down on cushions made of grass, reeds, leaves, &c. 14. Its consonants form its body, its voice (vowels) the Soul, its sibilants the air of the breath. Therefore people call him who is really PraAna (breath), the Pragathas. This has also been declared by a Rishi (Rv. He joins the world of the sky with breath. But let him end with the fifth verse, esha stomo maha ugraya vahe, which, possessing the word mahat, is auspicious. For Virag is food, and food is strength. The trunk is the twenty-fifth, and Pragapati is the twenty-fifth. VI II, 69, 2), yoyuvati are the waters in the sky, for they seem to inundate; and they are the waters of perspiration, for they seem to run continually. Read the Translation of Aitareya Upanishad by Jayaram V. FIRST ARANYAKA FIRST ADHYAYA - FIRST KHANDA. 'Touching the truth;'-because speech (Anushtubh) is truth, touched by the verse (Brihati). He thus joins speech with Brahman. 6. Contents. The author of the Aitareya Aranyaka and the Aitareya Upanishad has been historically credited to rishi Aitareya Mahidasa. 2. Consciousness is the essence of Atma. Ushnih is life, Anushtubh, speech. As there are consonants of this, so there are touches of that. It comprises 4th, 5th and 6th chapters of the 2nd book of Aitareya Aranyaka. 'The former half is the first syllable, the latter half the second syllable, and the space between the first and second halves is the Samhita (union).'. The hymn vaisvanaraya dhishanam ritavridhe (Rv. He recites the hymn (Rv. III, 13, I). 15. The first Aranyaka deals. 5. VIII, 101, 14): 'Three (classes of) people transgressed, others settled down round about the venerable (Agni, fire); the great (sun) stood in the midst of the worlds, the blowing (Vayu, air) entered the Harits (the dawns, or the ends of the earth).'. 4, pt.2.pdf. 11. This (nishkevalya-sastra) becomes perfect as a thousand of Brihatis. 12. From the nostrils proceeded scent (prana), from scent Vayu (air). Aitareya Aranyaka belongs to the Shakala recension of the Rigveda and it is divided into five major segments, known as Aranyakas. 3. 8. Ambhas (water), Mariki (light), Mara (mortal), and Ap (water). Aranyaka literature is rather small as compared to the Brahmanas. What we called syllables are the days, what we called sibilants are the nights, what we called groups are the junctions of days and nights. Next follows the verse, called vagrasa, the essence of speech. In the third foot the word arka is auspicious. This then becomes perfect as a thousand of Brihati verses. But he who recites the Ubhayamantarena, there is no chiding him. The head consists of nine pieces. 6. If there are both kinds of rope, they serve for the attainment of both kinds of cattle. Now with regard to the body. Verily, this day also is one in which many receive the same reward. 10. VIII, 2, 1-3, idam vaso sutam andhah, form the first (pratipad) and the second (anukara) of the Marutvatiya hymn. (14). Day, therefore, is the breathing up, night the breathing down. For the old (sages) did not transgress it, and those who did transgress, became lost. These pranas are verily twelve-fold, seven in the head, two on the breast, three below. Thus these two grow together. They make the Brihatt verses and the day (of the Mahavrata). 9. This is the vagrasa, the essence of speech. That man (conceived as uktha) is the sacrifice, which is a succession now of speech and now of thought. We offer as a sacrifice breath in speech, or speech in breath. He adorns that trunk, the twenty-fifth, by this hymn'. (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. IV, 20) serves indeed for obtaining desires and for firmness. He (breath) is an Ardharka (half-verse), for he did honour to all places (ardha). IV, 53). These interjections Bhus, Bhuvas, Svar are the three Vedas, Bhus the Rig-veda, Bhuvas the Yag-ur-veda, Svar the Sama-veda. 'Taking the breathing and the not-breathing;' this means the living and the lifeless. 10. Itarā, his mother, who was perhaps from the potters community noticed the sad plight of her son and prayed to her Iṣṭa Devatā i.e., Goddess Earth, who appeared in a divine form, placed Mahidāsa in celestial seat and imparted unrivalled wisdom. 2. So many are also the thousands of days of a hundred years (36,000). When this food (the object matter) had thus been sent forth, it wished to flee, crying and turning away. Verily, Sudadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints With breath. 13. Orn is true, Na is untrue. For that self (consisting of Anushtubhs) is incomplete. 1. And whatever the reciter shall say to one who speaks to him or does not speak to him, depend upon it, it will come to pass. And then this day (of the sacrifice) consists of twenty-five, and the Stoma hymn of that day consists of twenty-five' (verses); it becomes the same through the same. Next comes the Sudadohas verse. I, 3, 3. 6. You (speech and mind) are the two pins (that hold the wheels) of the Veda. On that day much is done now and then which has to be hidden, and has to be atoned for. 3. So much with reference to the gods (mythological); now with reference to man (physiological). It is that world (heaven), it is that sun, it is mind, it is the Brihat, it is Bharadvaga, it is a hundred. He who desires glory should use the hymn, abodhy agnih samidha gananam (Rv. Next follows the left wing. 20. Next, when he sees himself in a mirror or in the water with a crooked head, or without a head-, or when his pupils are seen inverted or not straight, let him know then that it is so. Verily, from the beginning he (the self) is in man as a germ, which is called seed. He brooded on him , and when that person had thus been brooded on, a mouth burst forth like an egg. 8. Therefore the sun appears to every man singly (and differently). Next comes a Sudadohas verse, then a Dhayya, then a Sudadohas verse. These are the visible signs (from 7-14). Verily, the atithi (stranger) is able to go begging. Only after having actually seen the food (that is brought to the sacrifice), let him descend from the swing. Brahman (in the shape of prana, breath) entered into that man by the tips of his feet, and because Brahman entered (prapadyata) into that man by the tips of his feet, therefore people call them the tips of the feet (prapada), but hoofs and claws in other animals. 1. 3. Chapter 1 – Section 1 13 – 22 5. Aitareya Brahmana belongs to Shakala Shakha of the Rigveda. It consists of five sections, viz. 11. He lives his full age. The first Aranyaka deals. Therefore they serve for the conquest of the worlds. Verily, the intestines are confused, some small, some large. 1. IN giving a translation of the Aitareya-upanishad, I found it necessary to give at the same time a translation of that portion of the Aitareya-âranyaka which precedes the Upanishad. He (breath) guarded all this whatsoever from evil. In the second foot of the fifth verse the word dhuri occurs. 4. The verses (contained in the hymn agnim naro didhitibhih) become the Brihati metre and the Virag metre, (they become) the perfection which belongs to that day (the mahavrata). Aitareya Aranyaka belongs to the Shakala recension of the Rigveda and it is divided into five major segments, known as Aranyakas. Featured Videos. 11. 3. The explanations are both ritualistic as well speculative. 2. 8. Both, as belonging to the one-day ceremonial, are perfect in form. Next comes (again) the Sudadohas verse. ------------------------------------------------------------ सोऽस्यायमात्मा पुण्येभ्यः कर्मभ्यः प्रतिधीयते । अथास्यायमितर आत्मा कृतकृत्यो वयोगतः प्रैति । स इतः प्रयन्नेव पुनर्जायते तदस्य तृतीयं जन्म ॥ २.१.४ so'syāyamātmā pu. Indra verily declared this to Visvamitra, and Indra verily declared this to Bharadvaga. 1. Plants and trees, after they have grown up, bear fruit. 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