AITAREYA UPANISHAD -9. Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya.
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3 Parts, 6 Chapters, 33 No. Mantras - “By a Peasant for the Peasant”
Introduction :
PART - 1 :
Chapter -2 :
POST-9.
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Friday, July 15, 2022. 18:00.
PART 1:
Chapter 2. 5 Mantras : ABODES for the Devatas
Mantram - 2. Cows and Horses – The Trial Abodes
"Taabhyah gaam aanayat; taah abruvan na vai nah ayam alam iti;
taabhyah ashwam aanayat; taah abruvan na vai nah ayam alam iti."
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Translation :
4 taabhyah gaam aanayat; taah abruvan na vai nah ayam alam iti; =
He brought a cow for them. They said : “Indeed, this is not
sufficient for us.”
5 taabhyah ashwam aanayat; taah abruvan na vai nah ayam alam
iti.= He brought a horse to them. They said : “Indeed, this too is not sufficient for us.”
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Commentary :
Democracy At Work :
Brahmaji believed in democracy, so He gave the Devatas a good hearing, and then
pondered over the problem placed before him. The creation process has to be a two-way
democratic set-up. It is no use Brahmaji taking all the decisions without the approval of the
people who have to live with the system.
In a way, Brahmaji is only a ‘Contractor’, carrying out the orders of his subjects
according to their needs and wishes. A contractor is given a plan by his client. He builds the
project according to that plan, hands it over to his client, gets paid for it, and moves on to
his next project.
It is the same in creation. The client is the individual being. According to his Karma
resources, he orders what he can afford, and is given only what he deserves – nothing more.
The Options Are Weighed :
The earlier trials were of creatures which operated only with one or two senses. So some Devatas did not get catered for and complained.
4 Brahman proposes a cow to start with. The Devatas are given sufficient time to
inspect this proposal. They make their observations: They liked the digestive system,
especially the spare stomach which they can use to store surplus food, and draw from it
later according to their requirement. But they do not like the clumsy, slow-moving body. It
restricts their range for finding food.
The cow-body looked very nice, but some Devatas found certain functions to be
cumbersome. The mouth did not have sufficient teeth – among the front incisors, there was
no upper set, so they could not cut their food!
5 So, as is the system Brahmaji has created, the next phase of negotiation began. A
horse is offered to them. It is fast and slim! What a pleasure to be in the body of a horse!
Now the Devatas could race to their food – their range had increased. But there were
disadvantages, too. How can a horse protect itself from the ferocious lion and tiger? It will
need to submit to domestication and be a slave for the rest of its life. Some Devatas were
happy in it, but not the Devatas of the mind and intellect. The latter found no scope to grow
in the body of a horse.
It may be safely presumed that a number of bodies ranging from the ant to the
elephant must have been offered as residences for the Gods. They tried them all, but always
found something deficient.
Brahmaji took all these complaints as well as any suggestions into account.
And then – He came up with an absolutely brilliant solution . . .
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Next -
Chapter -2.
Mantram -3: MAN – The Perfect Abode
To be continued ....
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