Upnishad

SR No.: 007670
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

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I ARANYAKA, 5 ADHYAYA, I KHANDA, 7.
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FIFTH ADHYÅYA.
First KHANDA. 1. He recites the Vasa hymn", wishing, May everything be in my power.
2. They (its verses) are twenty-one ?, for twentyone are the parts (the lungs, spleen, &c.) in the belly.
3. Then the Ekavimsa is verily the support of all Stomas, and the belly the support of all food.
4. They consist of different metres. Verily, the intestines are confused, some small, some large.
5. He recites them with the pranavas, according to the metre“, and according to rule 6. Verily, the intestines are according to rule, as it were ; some shorter, some longer.
6. Next comes the Sadadohas verse. Sada dohas verily is breath. He joins the joints with breath.
7. After having recited that verse twelve times he
+ 1 Having recited the verses which form the body, neck, head, wings, and tail of the bird, also the food intended for the bird, he now describes the Vasa hymn, i.e. the hymn composed by Vasa, Rv. VIII, 46. That hymn takes the place of the stomach, which receives the food intended for the bird. Cf. Ait. Ar. V, 2, 5. In I, 5, 2, 4 it is called a Nivid. * Verses 1-20 of the Vasa hymn, and one Sudadohas.
Pranavam means with pranava,' i. e. inserting Om in the proper places.
• According as the metres of the different verses are fixed by Saunaka, Ait Âr, V, 2, 5, who says that verse 15 is Dvipada, and that the last four words, nûnam atha, form an Ekapada.
• According to rule, i.e. so that they should come right as Åsvalâ yana has prescribed the recitation of Dvipada and Ekapadå verses. In a Dvipada there should be a stop after the first foot, and Om at the end of the second. In an Ekapadá there should be Om at the beginning and at the end.
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