Aitareya Upaniṣad 3.1.2
Aitareyopaniṣad 3.1.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.1.2
yena vā paśyati yena vā śṛṇoti yena vā gandhāñ jighrati yena vā vācaṃ vyākaroti yena vā svādu cāsvādu ca vijānāti.
yad etad dhṛdayaṃ manaś caitat.
sañjñānam ājñānaṃ vijñānaṃ prajñānaṃ medhā dṛṣṭir dhṛtir matir manīṣā jūtiḥ smṛtiḥ saṅkalpaḥ kratur asuḥ kāmo vaśa iti sarvāṇy evaitāni prajñānasya nāmadheyāni bhavanti.
All these, indeed, are appellations of intelligence (prajñāna).
1. [Question:] Who is this one? [Answer:] We worship him as the Self (Ātman). [Question:] Which one is the Self? [Answer:] [He] whereby one sees, or whereby one hears, or whereby one smells odors, or whereby one articulates speech, or whereby one discriminates the sweet and the unsweet; that which is heart (hṛdaya) and mind (manas)—that is, consciousness (saṃjñāna), perception (ājñāna), discrimination (vijñāna), intelligence (prajñāna), wisdom (medhas), insight (dṛṣṭi), steadfastness (dhṛti), thought (mati), thoughtfulness (manīṣā), impulse (jūti), memory (smṛti), conception (saṃkalpa), purpose (kratu), life (asu), desire (kāma), will (vaśa).
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
- Aitareyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Maṇiprabhā — Amaradāsa, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Aitareya-Upaniṣad (TITUS) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — G. Jan Meulenbeld, English