Aitareya Upanishad - 9. - T.N.Sethumadhavan.

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Sunday, October 02, 2022. 06:00. 
Chapter I - 
Section 2 :  Cosmic Powers in the Human Body
Post - 9.

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The Text :

CREATION OF FOOD BY THE SUPREME SELF :


sa IkShateme nu lokAshcha lokapAlAshchAnnamebhyaH sRijA iti .. 1.


He bethought Himself: "Here now are the worlds and the world-guardians. Let Me 

cerate food for them." 


After creation of these gods, the Supreme Self thought It should create food for them 

because hunger and thirst are co-existent with them. 

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so.apo.abhyatapattAbhyo.abhitaptAbhyo mUrtirajAyata . 

yA vai sA mUrtirajAyatAnna.n vai tat.h .. 2.. 


He brooded over the waters. From the waters, thus brooded over, there emerged a 

condensed form. The form that so emerged is indeed food. 

The Lord intensely meditated over the five elements from which there emerged a form as 

food which include cereals, animals and other living and non-living beings. 

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EATER OF THE FOOD :

tadenatsRiShTaM parA~NtyajighA.nsattadvAchA.ajighRikShat.h 

tannAshaknodvAchA grahItum.h . 

sa yaddhainadvAchA.agrahaiShyadabhivyAhRitya haivAnnamatrapsyat.h .. 3.. 


The food so created wished to flee away. He sought to grasp it with speech. But He 

was not able to grasp it with speech. If, indeed, He has grasped it with speech, one 

would then have been satisfied by merely uttering the word food. 


In order to quench the hunger and thirst of the worlds, gross food was created. That food 

thought that they would eat it away and to escape from the eater, it started running away. 


Then jivatma in the form of human being tried to catch hold of it by speech but failed to 

grasp it by speech. At that time if that Purusha could hold the food by speech, now the 

men also could feel satiated by simply uttering the word food but it does not happen like 

that. 


In the following Mantras from 4 to 9, similar examples of different organs of the body 

trying to catch the food are given and it was concluded that none could catch them.

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tatprANenAjighRikShat.h tannAshaknotprANena grahItu.n sa 

yaddhainatprANenAgrahaiShyadabhiprANya 

haivAnnamatrapsyat.h .. 4.. 


The Creator sought to grasp it with the breath. But He was not able to grasp it with 

the breath. If, indeed, He had grasped it with the breath, one would then have been 

satisfied by merely smelling food.

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tachchakShuShA.ajighRikShat.h tannAshaknochchakShuShA grahItu/n sa 

yaddhainachchakShuShA.agrahaiShyaddRiShTvA haivAnamatrapsyat.h .. 5.. 


He sought to grasp it with the eye. But He was not able to grasp it with the eye. If, 

indeed, He had grasped it with the eye, one would then have been satisfied by 

merely seeing food. 

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tachChrotreNAjighRikShat.h tannAshaknochChrotreNa grahItu.n sa 

yaddhainachChroteNAgrahaiShyachChrutvA haivAnnamatrapsyat.h .. 6.. 


He sought to grasp it with the ear. But He was not able to grasp it with the ear. If, 

indeed, He had grasped it with the ear, one would then have been satisfied by 

merely hearing of food. 

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tattvachA.ajighRikShat.h tannAshaknottvachA grahItu.n sa 

yaddhainattvachA.agrahaiShyat.h spRiShTvA haivAnnamatrapsyat.h .. 7.. 


He sought to grasp it with the skin. But He was not able to grasp it with the skin. If, 

indeed, He had grasped it with the skin, one would then have been satisfied by 

merely touching food. 

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tanmanasA.ajighRikShat.h tannAshaknonmanasA grahItu.n sa 

yaddhainanmanasA.agrahaiShyaddhyAtvA haivAnnamatrapsyat.h .. 8.. 


He sought to grasp it with the mind. But He was not able to grasp it with the mind. 

If, indeed, He had grasped it with the mind, one would then have been satisfied by 

merely thinking of food. 

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tachChishnenAjighRikShat.h tannAshaknochChishnena grahItu.n sa 

yaddhainachChishnenAgrahaiShyadvitsRijya haivAnamatrapsyat.h .. 9.. 


He sought to grasp it with the sexual organ. But He was not able to grasp it with the 

sexual organ. If, indeed, He had grasped it with that organ, one would then have 

been satisfied by merely having sex. 

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WHO THEN SUCCEEDS? :

tadapAnenAjighRikShat.h tadAvayat.h saiSho.annasya graho 

yadvAyuranAyuvA.r eSha yadvAyuH .. 10.. 


He sought to grasp it with the apana and He grasped it. This grasper of food is what 

vayu, air or prana is. This vayu is what lives on food.


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Next- Mantram : 11.

To be continued ....

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