AITAREYA UPANISHAD - “By a Peasant for the Peasant” : 3. Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya.

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Wednesday 05, October 2025, 19:50.
AITAREYA UPANISHAD: “By a Peasant for the Peasant” :  
Composed by Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya

Series of 10 Lectures - by SWAMI ADVAYANANDAJI
Acharyaji, 15th Batch Vedanta Course
AT SANDEEPANY SADHANALAYA, POWAI, MUMBAI
February 15th – February 23rd, 2013.

Reflections by SWAMI GURUBHAKTANANDA

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PART 1: Chapter - 1:  4 mantras:  The Theory of CREATION:

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Mantram - 1.2: The Creation of the Worlds:

 4.

 sa imaan lokaan asrijata: ambhah = He created all these Worlds (14 in no.): Ambhah , 

 Mareecheeh, Marahand Aapah = Mareecheeh, Marah and Aapah.

5. 

amah ambhah,parena divam, = 1. Far beyond is Ambha, just above the heaven (Svah), 

dyauh pratishthaa; = with Svah acting as its support;  

6. 

antariksham mareechaya ; = 2. The ‘sky’ is Mareecheeh (between heaven and earth); 

prithivi marah = 3. The Earth is Marah (Bhuh, or the plane of death); 

7. 

yaa adhastaat =4. What lies below Earth is  

taah aapah . =  Aapah (water, representing the nether worlds).

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4.

The four divisions listed here are equivalent to all the 14 worlds – we have learnt about these in Vedanta Sara. The comparison is shown as follows: 

i)   5 Ambhah – 

all the 5 heavenly worlds from Svah upwards; namely Svah, Mahah,  Janah, Tapah, and Satya; Satya is Brahmaloka, the highest heaven. 

ii)  6 Mareecheeh –

 the interspatial world, Bhuvah, between heaven and earth;  

iii) 6 Marah – 

 the Earth, Bhuh; Earth is also called the world of ‘Death’; 

iv) 7 Aapah –  

all the 7 underworlds; namely, Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Rasatala,  Talatala, Mahatala, and Patala. Patala is the lowest hell. 

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Mantram - 1.3: Hiranyagarbha, the Chief Devata:
Continues

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