Aitareya Upanishad - 7 T.N.Sethumadhavan.

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Wednesday, August 31. 2022. 08:10. 

Chapter I - 

Section 2 :  Cosmic Powers in the Human Body

Post - 7.

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atha aitareyopanishadi prathamadhyaye dvitiyah khandah

Chapter I. 

Section 2 :  Cosmic Powers in the Human Body.

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Mantras- 2 and 3.

tabhyo gamanayatta abruvanna vai no.ayamalamiti . 

tabhyo.ashvamanayatta abruvanna vai no.ayamalamiti .. 2.. 

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tabhyah purushamanayatta abruvan.h sukritam bateti purusho vava sukritam.h . 

ta abravidyathayatanam pravishateti .. 3.. 

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Commentary :

He brought them a cow. They said: "But this is not enough for us." He brought 

them a horse. They said: "This, too, is not enough for us." He brought them a 

person. The deities said: "Ah, this is well done, indeed." Therefore a person is verily 

something well done. He said to the deities: "Now enter your respective abodes." 

The allegory continues. The Creator offered the cosmic powers a cow, a horse and finally 

a man as an abode for them to live in. The deities rejected the cow and the horse but 

chose the man as a masterpiece. Being satisfied as their residence, they entered into the 

man through his various sense organs. The choice of man as residence signifies the 

superiority of human birth whose body can be made use of as a vehicle for performing 

good and noble actions including realization of God. No other body can give such variety 

of options. 

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Mantram-4.

agnirvagbhutva mukham pravishadvayuh prano bhutva nasike 

pravishadadityashchakshurbhutva.akshini pravishaddishah 

shrotram bhutva karnau pravishannoshadhivanaspatayo lomani bhutva 

tvachampravisha.nshchandrama mano bhutva hridayam pravishanmrityurapano 

bhutva nabhim pravishadapo reto bhutva shishnam pravishan.h .. 4.. 

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Commentary :

The deity fire became the organ of speech and entered the mouth. Air became 

breath and entered the nostrils. The sun became sight and entered the eyes; the 

quarters of space became hearing and entered the ears. Plants and trees, the deity of 

air, became hairs and entered the skin. The moon became the mind and entered the 

heart. Death became the apana and entered the navel. The waters became semen 

and entered the virile member. 

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Now the Upanishad illustrates the details of cosmic powers which reside in human body 

and empower his various organs of perception and action. 

These are tabulated as under. :

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ORGAN     -    FUNCTION      -    PRESIDING DEITY 

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Mouth                Speech                         Fire 

Nostrils               Smell                          Air 

Eyes                     Sight                          Sun 

Ears                      Hearing                     Space 

Skin                      Hair (touch)              Plants 

Heart                      Mind                        Moon 

Navel                      Out-breath                Death 

Generative Organ   Seed (Procreation)    Water 

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Next-

Mantram - 5.

To be continued .....

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