Aitareya Upanishad 1.1
Aitareyopaniṣad 1.1
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- Sanskrit
1.1.1
ātmā vā idam eka evāgra āsīt.
nānyat kiñcana miṣat.
sa īkṣata lokān nu sṛjā iti.
In the beginning this was but the absolute Self alone. There was nothing else whatsoever that winked. He thought, "Let Me create the worlds."
1.1.2
sa imāṃl lokān asṛjatāmbho marīcīr maram āpaḥ.
ado 'mbhaḥ pareṇa divam.
dyauḥ pratiṣṭhā.
antarikṣaṃ marīcayaḥ.
pṛthivī maraḥ.
yā adhastāt tā āpaḥ.
He created these worlds, viz ambhas, marīci, mara, āpaḥ. That which is beyond heaven is ambhas. Heaven is its support. The sky is marīci. The earth is mara. The worlds that are below are the āpaḥ.
1.1.3
sa īkṣateme nu lokāḥ.
lokapālān nu sṛjā iti.
so 'dbhya eva puruṣaṃ samuddhṛtyāmūrcchayat.
He thought, "These then are the worlds. Let Me create the protectors of the worlds." Having gathered up a (lump of the) human form from the water itself, He gave shape to it.
1.1.4
tam abhyatapat.
tasyābhitaptasya mukhaṃ nirabhidyata yathāṇḍam.
mukhād vāk.
vāco 'gniḥ.
nāsike nirabhidyetām.
nāsikābhyāṃ prāṇaḥ.
prāṇād vāyuḥ.
akṣiṇī nirabhidyetām.
akṣībhyāṃ cakṣuḥ.
cakṣuṣa ādityaḥ.
karṇau nirabhidyetām.
karṇābhyāṃ śrotram.
śrotrād diśaḥ.
tvaṅ nirabhidyata.
tvaco lomāni.
lomabhya oṣadhivanaspatayaḥ.
hṛdayaṃ nirabhidyata.
hṛdayān manaḥ.
manasaś candramāḥ.
nābhir nirabhidyata.
nābhyā apānaḥ.
apānān mṛtyuḥ.
śiśnaṃ nirabhidyata.
śiśnād retaḥ.
retasa āpaḥ.
He deliberated with regard to Him (i.e. Virāṭ of the human form). As He (i.e. Virāṭ) was being deliberated on, His (i.e. Virāṭ's) mouth parted, just as an egg does. From the mouth emerged speech; from speech came Fire. The nostrils parted; from the nostrils came out the sense of smell; from the sense of smell came Vāyu (Air). The two eyes parted; from the eyes emerged the sense of sight; from the sense of sight came the Sun. The two ears parted; from the ears came the sense of hearing; from the sense of hearing came the Directions. The skin emerged; from the skin came out hair (i.e. the sense of touch associated with hair); from the sense of touch came the Herbs and Trees. The heart took shape; from the heart issued the internal organ (mind); from the internal organ came the Moon. The navel parted; from the navel came out the organ of ejection; from the organ of ejection issued Death. The seat of the procreative organ parted; from that came the procreative organ; from the procreative organ came out Water.footnote{Thus originated the presiding deities of the organs from the limbs of Virāṭ.}
Translations (4)
- Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Aitareya-āraṇyaka — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
- The Upanishads — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
Commentaries (7)
- Aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Aitareyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text) — Sanskrit
- Aitareyopaniṣadvivaraṇa — Upaniṣadbrahmendrayogin, Sanskrit
- Aitareyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyātīrtha — Vidyātīrtha, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Aitareya-Upaniṣad (ed. Mislav Ježić) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Different Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
Discussed in (10)
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Deussen & Geden 1899, English
- Indian Philosophy — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German
- The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies — Potter 1970, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary — Deussen & Johnston 1883, English
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — Ranade 1926, English
- Studies in the Epics and Purāṇas — Pusalker 1955, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English