Aitareya Upanishad 2.1.5
Aitareyopaniṣad 2.1.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.5
tad uktam ṛṣiṇā.
garbhe nu sann anv eṣām avedam ahaṃ devānāṃ janimāni viśvā.
śataṃ mā pura āyasīr arakṣann adha śyeno javasā nir adīyam.
iti.
garbha evaitac chayāno vāmadeva evam uvāca.
5. Being yet in embryo, I knew well All the births of these gods!
A hundred iron citadels confined me, And yet, a hawk (śyena) with swiftness, forth I flew!
In embryo indeed thus lying (śayāna), Vāmadeva spoke in this wise.
4. This self of one is put in one's place for pious deeds (puṇya karman). Then this other self of one, having done his work (kṛta-kṛtya), having reached his age, deceases. So, deceasing hence indeed, he is born again. This is one's third birth. As to this it has been said by a seer:—
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Aitareya-āraṇyaka — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (7)
- Aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Aitareyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Aitareyopaniṣadvivaraṇa — Upaniṣadbrahmendrayogin, Sanskrit
- Maṇiprabhā — Amaradāsa, Sanskrit
- Aitareyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Aitareya-Upaniṣad (TITUS) — Sanskrit