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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
woman only. Hence birth takes place in and from the woman. Therefore he recites that Dhayyå in that place?
THIRD KHANDA. 1. He recites the eighty tristichs of Gayatris ?. Verily, the eighty Gayatri tristichs are this world (earth). Whatever there is in this world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
2. Next comes the Sadadohas verse. Sudadohas verily is breath. He joins this world with breath.
3. He recites the eighty tristichs of Brihatis. Verily, the eighty Brihati tristichs are the world of the sky. Whatever there is in the world of the sky of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
4. Next comes the Sadadohas verse. Sadadohas verily is breath. He joins the world of the sky with breath.
5. He recites the eighty tristichs of Ushnih. Verily, the eighty Ushnih tristichs are that world, the heaven. Whatever there is in that world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, also the divine being of the Devas (Brahman), may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine..
6. Next comes the Sadadohas verse. Sadadohas verily is the breath. He joins that world with breath, yea, with breath.
1 Asmin vigavabhâge. Comm.
* These and the following verses form the food of the bird. Comm. The verses themselves are given by Saunaka in the fifth Aranyaka.
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 35 MB |