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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
9. He (breath) is a Pada (word) 1, for he got into all these beings. Because he got (pâdi) into all these beings, therefore there was the Pada (word). Therefore people call him who is really Prâna (breath), Pada.
10. He (breath) is an Akshara (syllable), for he pours out (ksharati) gifts to all these beings, and without him no one can pour out (atiksharati) gifts. Therefore there was the Akshara (syllable). Therefore people call him who is really Prâna (breath), Akshara 2.
II. Thus all these Rik verses, all Vedas, all sounds 3 are one word, viz. Prâna (breath). Let him know that Prâna is all Rik verses.
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THIRD KHANDA.
1. While Visvamitra was going to repeat the hymns of this day (the mahâvrata), Indra sat down near him. Visvamitra (guessing that Indra wanted food) said to him, 'This (the verses of the hymn) is food,' and repeated the thousand Brihati verses".
1 It may also be intended for pâda, foot of a verse.
The Prâna (breath) is to be meditated on as all hymns, all poets, all words, &c. Comm.
All aspirated sonant consonants. Comm.
Upanishasasâda, instead of upanishasâda. The mistake is probably due to a correction, sa for sha; the commentator, however, considers it as a Vedic license. Sakâro 'dhikas khândasah.
⚫ These are meant for the Nishkevalya hymn recited at the noon-libation of the Mahâvrata. That hymn consists of ten parts, corresponding, as we saw, to ten parts of a bird, viz. its body, neck, head, root of wings, right wing, left wing, tail, belly, chest, and thighs. The verses corresponding to these ten parts, beginning with tad id âsa bhuvaneshu gyesh/ham, are given in the first Arasyaka, and more fully in the fifth Aranyaka by Saunaka.
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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 |