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Aitareya Upanishad

Chapter 2

प्रथमाध्याये द्वितीयः खण्डः

Adhyaya 1 · Khanda 2

Verses

  1. Verse 1

    tā etā devatāḥ sṛṣṭā asminmahatyarṇave prāpatan | tamaśanāpipāsābhyāmanvavārjat | tā enamabruvannāyatanaṃ naḥ prajānīhi yasminpratiṣṭhitā annamadāmeti || 1||

    Meaning

    These deities, thus created, fell into this great ocean (of worldly existence). He afflicted him (the purusha) with hunger and thirst. They said to Him, 'Find for us an abode, established in which we may eat food.'

  2. Verse 2

    tābhyo gāmānayattā abruvanna vai no'yamalamiti | tābhyo'śvamānayattā abruvanna vai no'yamalamiti || 2||

    Meaning

    He brought a cow for them; they said, 'This is not enough for us.' He brought a horse for them; they said, 'This is not enough for us.'

  3. Verse 3

    tābhyaḥ puruṣamānayattā abruvan sukṛtaṃ bateti puruṣo vāva sukṛtam | tā abravīdyathāyatanaṃ praviśateti || 3||

    Meaning

    He brought a man for them; they said, 'Ah, well made!' — for man is verily a thing well made. He said to them, 'Enter, each into your respective abode.'

  4. Verse 4

    agnirvāgbhūtvā mukhaṃ prāviśadvāyuḥ prāṇo bhūtvā nāsike prāviśadādityaścakṣurbhūtvā'kṣiṇī prāviśāddiśaḥ śrotraṃ bhūtvā karṇau prāviśannoṣadhivanaspatayo lomāni bhūtvā tvacaṃprāviśaṃścandramā mano bhūtvā hṛdayaṃ prāviśanmṛtyurapāno bhūtvā nābhiṃ prāviśadāpo reto bhūtvā śiśnaṃ prāviśan || 4||

    Meaning

    Fire became speech and entered the mouth; air became breath and entered the nostrils; the sun became sight and entered the eyes; the quarters became hearing and entered the ears; herbs and trees became hairs and entered the skin; the moon became mind and entered the heart; death became the down-breath and entered the navel; the waters became semen and entered the generative organ.

  5. Verse 5

    tamaśanāyāpipāse abrūtāmāvābhyāmabhiprajānīhīti te abravīdetāsveva vāṃ devatāsvābhajāmyetāsu bhāginnyau karomīti | tasmādyasyai kasyai ca devatāyai havirgṛhyate bhāginyāvevāsyāmaśanāyāpipāse bhavataḥ || 5||

    Meaning

    Hunger and thirst said to Him, 'For us two also, appoint a place.' He said to them, 'I assign you a share in these very deities; I make you sharers with them.' Therefore, to whatever deity an oblation is offered, hunger and thirst become sharers in it.

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