Library·Aitareya Upaniṣad·1·1.2

Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.2

AU 1.2.1

ता एता देवताः सृष्टा अस्मिन् महत्य् अर्णवे प्रापतन् । तम् अशनापिपासाभ्याम् अन्ववार्जत् । ता एनम् अब्रुवन्न् आयतनं नः प्रजानीहि । यस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठिता अन्नम् अदामेति

tā etā devatāḥ sṛṣṭā asmin mahaty arṇave prāpatan | tam aśanāpipāsābhyām anvavārjat | tā enam abruvann āyatanaṃ naḥ prajānīhi | yasmin pratiṣṭhitā annam adāmeti

Those deities (devati), Agni and the rest, after they had been sent forth, fell into this great ocean K Then he (the Self) besieged him, (the person) with hunger and thirst.

Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

AU 1.2.2

ताभ्यो गाम् आनयत् । ता अब्रुवन् न वै नो ऽयम् अलम् इति । ताभ्यो ऽश्वम् आनयत् । ता अब्रुवन् न वै नो ऽयम् अलम् इति

tābhyo gām ānayat | tā abruvan na vai no 'yam alam iti | tābhyo 'śvam ānayat | tā abruvan na vai no 'yam alam iti

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

AU 1.2.3

ताभ्यः पुरुषम् आनयत् । ता अब्रुवन् सुकृतं बतेति । पुरुषो वाव सुकृतम् । ता अब्रवीद् यथायतनं प्रविशतेति

tābhyaḥ puruṣam ānayat | tā abruvan sukṛtaṃ bateti | puruṣo vāva sukṛtam | tā abravīd yathāyatanaṃ praviśateti

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

AU 1.2.4

अग्निर् वाग् भूत्वा मुखं प्राविशत् । वायुः प्राणो भूत्वा नासिके प्राविशत् । आदित्यश् चक्षुर् भूत्वाक्षिणी प्राविशत् । दिशः श्रोत्रं भूत्वा कर्णौ प्राविशन् । ओषधिवनस्पतयो लोमानि भूत्वा त्वचं प्राविशन् । चन्द्रमा मनो भूत्वा हृदयं प्राविशत् । मृत्युर् अपानो भूत्वा नाभिं प्राविशत् । आपो रेतो भूत्वा शिश्नं प्राविशन्

agnir vāg bhūtvā mukhaṃ prāviśat | vāyuḥ prāṇo bhūtvā nāsike prāviśat | ādityaś cakṣur bhūtvākṣiṇī prāviśat | diśaḥ śrotraṃ bhūtvā karṇau prāviśan | oṣadhivanaspatayo lomāni bhūtvā tvacaṃ prāviśan | candramā mano bhūtvā hṛdayaṃ prāviśat | mṛtyur apāno bhūtvā nābhiṃ prāviśat | āpo reto bhūtvā śiśnaṃ prāviśan

Then Agni (fire), having become speech, en- tered the mouth. V4yu (air), having become scent, entered the nostrils. Aditya (sun), having become sight, entered the eyes. The Di^ (regions), having become hearing, entered the ears. The shrubs and trees, having become hairs, entered the skin. Aan- dramas (the moon), having become mind, entered which are supposed to keep the body alive. In our place, however, apana is deglutition and digestion, as 'vi'e shall see in II,,,. * They fell back into that universal being from whence they had sprang, the first created person, the Vir§^. Or they fell into the world, the last cause of which is ignorance. * To eat food is explained to mean to perceive the objects which correspond to the senses, presided over by the various deities. ' Here purusha is different from the first purasha, the universal person. It can only be intended for intelligent man. * Sukrila, well done, virtue; or, if taken for svaknU, self-made. 240 AITAREYA-ARAiVYAKA. the heart. Death, having become down-^brcathing, entered the navel. The waters, having become seed, entered the generative organ. (4)

Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

AU 1.2.5

तम् अशनापिपासे अब्रूताम् अवाभ्याम् अभिप्रजानीहीति । ते अब्रवीद् एतास्व् एव वां देवतास्व् आभजाम्य् एतासु भागिन्यौ करोमीति । तस्माद् यस्यै कस्यै च देवतायै हविर् गृह्यते भागिन्याव् एवास्याम् अशनापिपासे भवतः

tam aśanāpipāse abrūtām avābhyām abhiprajānīhīti | te abravīd etāsv eva vāṃ devatāsv ābhajāmy etāsu bhāginyau karomīti | tasmād yasyai kasyai ca devatāyai havir gṛhyate bhāginyāv evāsyām aśanāpipāse bhavataḥ

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.