AITAREYA UPANISHAD - 17. Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya.

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Friday, December 23, 2022. 07:00.

PART 1: Chapter 3B, 4 Mantras : The Lord’s Regal ENTRY

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Mantram 3.12: The Lord Enters Majestically!

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Mantram 3.12: The Lord Enters Majestically!

With Translation :

5 sah etam eva seemaanam vidaarya, = Then He split open the suture on the skull,

 etayaa dvaaraa praapadyata;  =  and entered by that Door.

6 saa eshaa vidritih naama dvaah tat, = This is the door named “Vidriti”;

 etat naandanam; = this is Naandana, the “place of bliss”.

7 tasya traya aavasathaah, = He has three dwelling places,

 traya swapnaah; =  and three conditions of sleep. 

 i) ayam aavasathah, =  i) This is the first dwelling place; 

 ii) ayam aavasathah, =  ii) this is the second dwelling place; 

 iii) ayam aavasathah. = iii) this is the third dwelling place.

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam)

How Does the Lord Enter?

As one may expect, in typical Aitareya style, the problem the Lord pondered over 

now was how to make His appearance. He cannot come through the side doors as servants 

usually do. That will make everyone think that he was just one of them – it would be too 

ordinary. Even in ordinary marriage ceremonies, the bridegroom and bride make a special 

entry into the Wedding Hall. Look at the pomp with which a temporal king gets welcomed 

wherever he goes. Would not the Lord’s entry have to be even more impressive?

He had already known that the Pranas used the feet to enter. [It is well known in the 

science of Reflexology that all the organs of the body can be reached through nerve centres 

located at specific points for them on the sole of the feet.] So surely He was not going to 

choose the feet to enter. 

5 The entrance He eventually chose stunned everyone. No one could have made a 

more impressive entry than the Lord into the Body. It was just inconceivable that He should 

choose such an entry point. The Lord decided that He would cut open His own special 

doorway through which He would make a glorious, kingly entry. This Main Entrance was to 

be the crown of the head, by making a ‘hole’ in the skull!

[This point is known by physiologists as the “sagittal suture”.]

6 That entrance is given a name of its own. It is called the Vidriti. The accompanying 

fanfare goes without saying! 

Having entered the body, the Lord made His abode in the very core of the heart. His 

abode is given a special name – of course, it has to have a special name – it is called 

Naandana, “the Abode of Bliss”!

The Three Aavasathas and Swapnas :

relation to the Three Births, but here their general meaning is given:

The three Aavasathas are the three dwelling places occupied by the Supreme Being after He enters the body. The three Swapnas are the three states shown below.

i) The Right Eye: This is where He dwells during the waking state.

ii) The Mind: This is where He dwells during the dream state.

iii) The Heart: This is where He dwells during the deep sleep state.

All the states, even the waking, are considered as ‘Swapna’ because ignorance is 

common to them all.

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Next
Mantram - 3.13: “Oh! I Have Seen This Before!”
To be continued

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