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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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
5. This is said by a Rishi (Rv. I, 164, 13):
6. 'I saw (the breath) as a guardian, never tiring, coming and going on his ways (the arteries). That breath (in the body, being identified with the sun among the Devas), illuminating the principal and intermediate quarters of the sky, is returning constantly in the midst of the worlds.
He says: 'I saw a guardian,' because he, the breath, is a guardian, for he guards everything.
7. He says: 'Never tiring,' because the breath never rests.
8. He says: Coming and going on his ways,' because the breath comes and goes on his ways.
9. He says: 'Illuminating the principal and intermediate,' because he illuminates these only, the principal and intermediate quarters of the sky.
10. He says: 'He is returning constantly in the midst of the worlds,' because he returns indeed constantly in the midst of the worlds.
11. And then, there is another verse (Rv. I, 55, 81): “They are covered like caves by those who make them,'
12. For all this is covered indeed by breath.
13. This ether is supported by breath as Brihati, and as this ether is supported by breath as Brihati, so one should know that all things, not excepting ants, are supported by breath as Brihati.
SEVENTH KHANDA. 1. Next follow the powers of that Person ! 2. By his speech earth and fire were created.
1 The purusha, as described before in the second chapter, is the Pragâpati or universal spirit with whom the worshipper is to identify himself by meditation. The manifestations of his power consist in creating the earth, fire, the sky, the air, heaven, the sun.
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