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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
14. With regard to this (view of speech being more than breath), it should be borne in mind that when we thus repeat (the Veda) or speak, breath is (absorbed) in speech; speech swallows breath. And when we are silent or sleep, speech is (absorbed) in breath; breath swallows speech. The two swallow each other. Verily, speech is the mother, breath the son.
15. This has been declared also by a Rishi (Rv. X, 114, 4):
16. There is one bird; (as wind) he has entered the sky; (as breath or living soul) he saw this whole world. With my ripe mind I saw him close to me
in the heart); the mother (licks 'or) absorbs him (breath), and he absorbs the mother (speech).'
17. He who thus knows this Samhitâ (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. He lives his full age.
18. Next follows the Pragapati-Samhità.
19. The former half is the wife, the latter half the man ; the result of their union the son; the act of their union the begetting; that Samhità is Aditi (indestructible).
20. For Aditi (indestructible) is all this whatever there is, father, mother, son, and begetting.
21. This has also been declared by a Rishi (Rv. I, 189, 10):
22. ‘Aditi is mother, is father, is son.'
23. He who thus knows this Samhita (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. He lives his full age.
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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 |