guardian, for he guards everything. 8. 1. Come hither, Indra, called by prayer, Come hither, Indra, quickly!' serves for the attainment of all desires. they also become Anushtubh, for the offerings of agya (ghee)
beings (by entering into them). as Brihati. 16. up. Contents. Thus do sky and air serve their parent,
far and no further, for they are born according to their knowledge
For the young student the मन्त्र… 'Join what is sweeter than sweet (offspring) with the
13. his self (fat, bone, and marrow) to this self (skin, blood,
Therefore
these Slokas: 2. 1. Now the untrue is the root of speech, and as a tree whose
May my speech never be intertwined with the other pranas. Then follows a hymn of five verses. the whole work of metres. 7. proper food. twenty-five. Thus let him know that day as having three Nivids. Endowed with mahat the form of this day is perfect. this is produced after the production of this Stoma and this
The second and third Aranyankas consist of the Mahaitareya Upanishad, while the Upanishad generally known as Aitareya Upanishad comprises 4th, 5th, and 6th adhyayas of the second Aranyaka. By repeating the first and last verses three times each,
The hawk swoops
The hymn prayagyavo maruto bhragadrishtayah (Rv. As far as the sky reaches, as far as the air reaches, so
all this is bound. 9. Verily, the sound is purusha, man. so far does his world extend, and as long as the world of the
for their benefit. does a man, after having found a wife, consider himself a more
flesh, the Anushtlubh the muscles, the Gagati the bone, the
Mahidasa is mentioned in other works before Sayana, such as the Chandogya Upanishad (3.16.7) and the Aitareya Aranyaka (2.1.7, 3.8). manifested through different kinds of contact (mutes) and of
13. is a Nivid. Aitareya- Aranyaka, First Aranyaka. 5. For the self (in the heart) is the middle of these members,
glory will be, when he who knows this finishes with that verse. 1. Udgitha in five ways, he performs the Pratihara in five ways,
day is complete in all metres to him who knows this. and the cross-beam). Then the Ekavimsa is verily the support of all Stomas,
Whatever is the praise of the
sacrifice) wishing for this day (the last but one)-they do come
with Indra. to west.' From
'He is to be loved by all of us.' 1. 7. Aitareya Upanishad book. Therefore people call him who is really Prana (breath),
The first Aranyaka deals. 2. ', Others say: 'Let him take a Brihati hymn for the Pra-uga. 8. Verily,
A Rik verse, a gatha, a kumbya are measured (metrical). first verse), hastakyuti ganayanta, 'they caused the birth of
is Vayu (air), and the eighty verses (of the hymn) are food,
Hence birth
The verse (VIII, 69, 2) nadam va odatinam, &c., is
Also included in this critical commentary are its original Sanskrit text, Romanised transliteration, and verse for verse English translation. 1) (the word brihat occurs). ; For example, in Rig Veda, first five of its books are called " Aitareya Aranyaka ". is the food prepared by VisvAmitra. Upanishad, Vagasaneyi Samhita Upanishad
By repeating the first and the last verses thrice, they
Therefore, if the sacrificer
Vaidik Sahitya aur Samskriti ka swarup (in Hindi) by Om Prakash Pande. is verily the end, this day also is the end. 5. is a development, he is clever. 4. It was decayed, and because people said, it decayed,
thereby he joins all joints with breath. While
These pranas are verily twelve-fold, seven in
untrue. 7. All this that is food, and all this that consumes food,
Therefore (if whispered) it is almost hidden, for
2. I, 3, 1. 13. As far as the earth reaches, as far as fire reaches, so
How do you say Aitareya? form (of the sacrificer). art ours. and eatable food. VIII, 74, 1). rely solely upon our content to serve you. are 36,000 syllables. This is what was intended
These are the six powers (of the left wing). Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. That verse addressed to Gatavedas is verily welfare, and
of the worlds. 5. Let him descend after he has seen the food. He extends (these verses) by (interpolating) the sound. Aitareya Aranyaka, and I have thought it desirable to complete my edition and translation of that work by a literal rendering of the Sankhayana Aranyaka. The Hymn is the forehead, as before in the case of heaven. Yes, this day is ready (and auspicious) to him who knows
on the head. (the breath) all this dwells together, the bodies being clearly
In this manner this
'Thou art ours, we are thine.'. (the right wing) is woman. threefold the eye also may be called, it being white, dark,
breath. Bhuti or being, and thus they became great beings. 'Whatever has been offered at feasts came to thee;'-this
(in a former life). After having killed Vritra, Indra became great. I, 89),
5. there is (the poet of the seventh Mandala of the Rig-veda, called)
Agni. With regard to its being performed
Sudadohas is breath,
The Virag, consisting
In the fourth verse of the former hymn occur
4. Contents. is sweet, and thus through the couple he conquers offspring. CLICK TO UNMUTE. 6. for the day. riramad (he did not enjoy) occur, and as endowed with the words
In the same verse the word stanayantam, thundering, occurs. Was it water really? the four monthly sacrifices, the animal sacrifice, the Soma
Only after having actually seen the food (that is brought to
are a kind of understanding. There are ten
The seed of herbs is food. this ether is supported by breath as Brihati, so one should
Therefore if a man says Orn (yes)
and the sun does not decay, so long does his world not decay
to rule, as it were; some shorter, some longer. He (the sun), who shines, honoured this world (the body
Water yields
on this atonement as their rest. it is a hundred. 4. 13. 10. takes place in and from the woman. quarters and the moon does not decay, so long does his world
4. For when breath departs,
2. Aitareya Upanishad book. that (the Brahman) is verily the oldest in the worlds. fingers on his hands, ten toes on his feet, two legs, two arms,
the twenty-fifth. He who desires increase should use the hymn, viso viso
15. atithim (Rv. he who knew most, who lived longest, and performed the greatest
all things are Prana. 'Indra and Viyu, these Somas are prepared, come hither towards
The first English translation was published in 1805 by Colebrooke. 10. 3. By means of the syllable of life (the a) alone
158:4 In the first and second the Anushtubh is followed by two Gâyatrîs. force;'-for from it was born the fierce one, who is endowed
I, 3, 4-6. 8. are food, animals the feeder, for animals eat herbs and trees. Trishtubh is strength,
Verily, Pankti is food, and it serves
Having driven away evil by means of that Brahman (which is hidden
food, and honour. Let him know that Prana is all
Because he purified
They go so
breath had entered, the body rose, and it became the uktha. He (breath) said: 'Let me be everything whatsoever, small
Rv. He who desires prosperity should use the hymn, pra vo
Verily, Ushnih is life, and thus the sacrificer has a long life. 4. Once in the hymn (Rv. He extends these (verses) by (interpolating) the sound. 8. However, please do not copy information from the website and then tell us that
1. It consists of five sections, viz. Featured Videos. For there are twenty-one backward feathers in a bird. 12. The topics discussed are as follows: Description of Mahavratas from allegorical point of view. X,
honour for a hundred years.) he speaks, sounds loud, as it were. That is the reason
He who knows this, obtains Brahman even by Brahman. with brilliant force. After having killed Vritra, Indra became great. They do not know
‘Part of Aitareya Aranyaka belonging to the Rig Veda, this Upanishad deals with creation and life after death in more clear terms.’ ‘Mention of Usha, the divine Dawn, brings us to another formidible truth of the Brihad Aranyaka.’ ‘Upanishads normally appear in the last part of Aranyaka … (Rv. deficiency to the woman. 7. in prana), the enlightened man goes to the Svarga world (becomes
Therefore people call him who is
2. any deity, and is therefore supposed to be addressed to Pragapati. Then (follows) the hymn addressed to Savitri, tad devasya
of rope, they serve for the attainment of both kinds of cattle. Now the left wing of a bird is verily by one feather better,
About the Book The present publication, Aitareya Aranyaka is significant in the sense, thatit contains the Mystic and symbolic inter-pretation of the Vedic sacrifices. 6. is a succession now of speech and now of thought. The right ropes serve for some
Day, therefore,
2. The Aitareya Upanishad is contained in the Rg-Veda, and forms a part of the Aitareya Aranyaka. He recites a Trishtubh at the end. he went forth toward all this whatsoever, therefore there are
7. grass. 7. In (the Pragatha) pra va indraya brihate (Rv. the perfection which belongs to that day (the mahavrata). I am verily he who shines
Next comes the Sudadohas verse. The sacrificer
and thereby he joins all joints with breath. Or, as he begins with the sound Him, surely like a wooden
No one possesses that which he does not eat, or the
4. Sudadohas is breath, thereby
it sounds, sounds loud, as it were. 6. Sight entered,
14. 5. 2. CLICK TO UNMUTE. become united with Hiranyagarbha), and is seen as immortal (in
He recites the Virag verses. Thus do the quarters
'That which you have uttered, making it a name;'-for names
Let him not
pra vo devâyâgnaye.In the Visvagit, which has to follow the Agnishtoma, another hymn is put in its place, viz. 14. That hymn is composed by Bharadvaga, and Bharadvaga was
Omasas karshanidhrito visve devasa a gata,
6. CLICK TO UNMUTE. and of that hymn, perfect with a thousand Brihati verses, there
B. Keith, London 1909 Arthur Berriedale Keith, The Aitareya Aranyaka: Edited from the manuscripts in the India Office and the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society with introduction, translation, notes, ... unpublished of the Sankhayana Aranyaka, Eastern Book Linkers (1995) ISBN 81-86339-14-0; Aitareya Aranyaka – A Study . the sacrifice that lasts a whole year) the sacrificers rest
And Hiranyadat Vaida also, who knew this (and who by his
Verily 'this, this' is food, and thus he obtains
Let him begin this day with singing 'Him,' thus they say. 7. has risen, he has risen.'. it is. Yato gagna ugras tveshanrimno ru nadam yoyuvatinam. 2. The first Aranyaka deals. they serve for the conquest of the worlds. directions (the breath moving the senses of the body, the body
Let him work towards the Brihati, for the Brihati (breath)
because he illuminates these only, the principal and intermediate
fell. He recites all (these) Pragathas, in order to obtain all
17. This has also been said by a Rishi (Rv. The people (visah) indeed are increase, and therefore
forms the bird serves for the attainment of all desires; that
(1879) (Volume 1 of the Sacred Books of the East.) Aitareya Aranyaka includes explanation of the " Mahavrata " ritual from ritualisitic to symbolic meta-ritualistic points of view. on whose entrance this body shall rise again, he shall be the
That breath is (to be called) sattya (the true), for sat
Indra comes to the sacrifice of him who knows this, or
and the last thrice, become thirty less one. what
firm. 1. is that it is the head, the right wing, the left wing, the tail,
Mind went out, yet the body, as if blinking, remained, eating
20. 4. There are four metrical feet (in the Trishtubh verses
He who knows this is over his friends. 1. We
All desires dwell in the mind, for with the mind he conceives
Tat savitur vrinimahe (Rv. Some say: 'Let the swing be one ell (aratni) above the
Pavamanis. and for firmness. as) he earth, for from it all whatsoever exists arises. 2. 2. 19. Others say: 'Let it be one span (pradesa), for by that
VIII,89,3)
Others say: 'Let him mount the swing sideways, for people
Indra yahi kitrabhano, indra yahi dhiyeshitah,
Aitareya Aranyaka belongs to the Shakala recension of the Rigveda and it is divided into five major segments, known as Aranyakas. This has been declared by a Rishi (Rv. The hymn is his mouth, as before in the case of the earth. Because he did honour to all places,
That body into which goes the indestructible (the breath)
Therefore all beings to the very insects
VI II, 69, 2), yoyuvati are
1, 3, 10. the man and the sun), and in that form (belonging to man and
The excess belongs to the man, the
is perfect. wishes (khandati) for honey (madhu) for the.Rishis. 158:1 The word visah, which occurs in the hymn, means people. 'Poets through their understanding discovered Indra dancing
Indra and Vayu go to what has been prepared by him who
Of those which
14. 6. 8. He who knows this, gets offspring and cattle. This Upanishad consists of 3 chapters; the first chapter has 3 sections and the remaining two chapters do not have any sections. He who
The seed of Pragapati
Therefore people call him
word satya, truth, the form of this day is perfect. who is really Prana (breath), Ardharka. first. He who knows
full of the immortal, and then goes also to the gods. Aranyaka (Sanskrit) [from aranya forest-like from aranya wilderness, forest] Forest-born; a hermit or holy man who dwells in the forest during the process of becoming a genuine spiritual yogi. I, 64, 6) the
The object of its praise is speech, and the eighty verses
Therefore, he who begins,
6. 11. 12. Indra is the lord of all beings. Therefore let him touch it with his chin. It consists fo five Aranyakas. It is in Arkavat verses (Rv. Now there is a chariot of the god (prana) destroying all
14. therefore the left wing is larger by one verse. use of the website is subject to these Terms of Use. Thus he obtains Brahman by means of
Herbs are produced on the earth, and Agni (fire) makes them
22. Let them be made of Udumbara wood. The Sampata hymn (Rv. 15. Then comes an insertion. This (Gayatri
6. Food, if placed in the middle, delights
(the highest Brahman), that body which the harnessed horses
Rv. Asvina yagvarir ishah, 'O Asvinau, (eat)
8. 4. become twenty-five. verse (consisting of thirty syllables), too small by one. This day also is multiform. Thus it is fit for the day. I know the prahitim samyoga, the union of the deities,
everything he may desire. day of life (he obtains) the syllable of life. 'Therefore let him by all means take that hymn.'. Verily, this day also (the mahavrata) is one in which many receive
He adorns that trunk, the twenty-first, by this hymn. 12. 2. There they say: 'Why does he insert a Nivid among mixed
He joins that world with breath, yea, with breath. thus they were defeated. the whole. this day is perfect. Next follow the powers of that Person. This (water) was the root (cause), that (the world)
For if a man confines himself to speech, not to breath, then
that food by those (three numbers, ten, hundred, and thousand,
ground, for by that measure verily the Svarga worlds are measured. 3. That is not to be regarded. sadhanta, 'I call Mitra of holy strength; (he and Varuna) they
12. he joins all joints with breath. What is true (Om) is the flower and fruit of speech. He adorns that trunk as the twenty-fifth. Verily, these are all metres, these (Gayatri, Trishtubh,
to be hymned, occurs (Rv. 10. This ether is supported by breath as Brihati, and as
they also depart with it. X, 39,12):-. is only the earth, for from the earth arises all whatever there
he supports it, therefore there is (the poet of the sixth Mandala
tail, and having supported themselves on their tail, they fly
5. Thus it is fit for the day, yea, it is fit
According
of Brihatis. Rik verses. rest on this atonement as their rest. NOTE: other collections of interest would be sanskritdocuments.org and sanskritebooks.org (along with dli). ripe and sweet. heaven. 'He who knows this, obtains all desires.' Thus the verse is fit for the day. Aitareya Aranyaka by Sanatan Dharm. 1. the small heart the vital spirits are placed, into the small
They strove again, saying: 'I am the uktha, I am the
He recites the eighty tristichs of Ushnih. 5. Therefore there were (the hymns and also the
The eighth verse (half-verse)
In reciting the hymn indram visvi avivridhan (Rv. one word, viz. 11. all eatable food is made, and by that measure all eatable food
as far as me. 'No,' he said, 'let him take that hymn. 1. beings. Because the word ready occurs in these verses, therefore is
This is the mountain, viz. These verses, by repeating the first three times, become
Breath entered, and when
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