AITAREYA UPANISHAD : 6. - Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya.

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Sunday, May 15, 2022. 19:00.

3 Parts, 6 Chapters, 33 No. Mantras - “By a Peasant for the Peasant”

Introduction : PART - 1 : Chapter One : THE THEORY OF CREATION.

PART 1: Chapter 1, 4 Mantras - The Creation of the Worlds

Chapter- 1, 

Section-1.

Mantram - 4 : 

The Eight Chief Devatas are Created :-

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(a)

"Tam abhyatapat  tasya abhitaptasya

Mukham nir-abhi-dyata, 

yatha andam; mukhatvak, vachah agnih;

He (Brahman) brooded upon this “lump” (Hiranyagarbha);  as He was thus brooding upon it,

 1.The Agni Devata :

 A Mouth burst forth from it as a cleft,  just as an egg cracks; from the Mouth proceeded Speech, from Speech emerged Agni, the Fire Deity.

2.) The Vayu Devata :

"Nasike nirabhidyetam, nasikabhyam pranah, pranad vayuh;

 Then His (Hiranyagarbha’s) Nostrils burst forth; from the nostrils, emerged the sense of smell;  and from smell emerged Vayu, the Air Deity.

3.) The Aditya Devata :

"Akshinee nirabhidyetaam; akshibhyaam chakshuh; chakshushah aadityah;

Then the Eyes burst open on the lump;  from the Eyes, sight emerged;  and from sight, Aditya, the Sun Deity.

4.) The Disha Devata :

"Karnau nirbhidyetam; karnabhyam shrotam; shrotrat dishah;

Then the Ears burst forth;  from the Ears proceeded hearing;  from hearing, Dishah, the Deity of Directions/Space.

Next : 

5.) The Vanaspataya Devata

6.) The Chandrama Devata

7.) The Mrityuh Devata

8.) The Aapah Devata

To be continued ....

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