Aitareya Upanishad 1.1.4
Aitareyopaniṣad 1.1.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
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
- Aitareyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Aitareyopaniṣadvivaraṇa — Upaniṣadbrahmendrayogin, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyātīrtha — Vidyātīrtha, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Aitareya-Upaniṣad (ed. Mislav Ježić) — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Deussen & Geden 1899, English