Upanishads (Müller) — I, 3, 7

The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01): Aitareya-Âranyaka: ... | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com *The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)*, by Max Müller, [1879], at sacred-texts.com ### SEVENTH KHA*N**D*A. 1. He begins with the hymn, Tad id âsa, bhuvaneshu *g*yesh*th*am (Rv. X, 120). Verily, *g*yesh*th*a, the oldest, is mahat, great. Endowed with mahat the form of this day is perfect. 2. Then follows the hymn, Tâ*m* su te kîrtim maghavan mahitvâ (Rv. X, 54), with the auspicious word mahitvâ. 3. Then follows the hymn, Bhûya id vav*ri*dhe vîryâya (Rv. VI, 30), with the auspicious word vîrya. 4. Then follows the hymn, N*ri**n*âm u tvâ n*ri*ta*m*a*m* gobhir ukthai*h* (Rv. I, 51, 4), with the auspicious word uktha. 5. He extends the first two pâdas, which are too small, by one syllable (Rv. X, 120, 1 a, and Rv. VIII, 69, 2 a) 2. Into the small heart the vital spirits are placed, into the small stomach food is placed. It serves for the attainment of these desires. He who knows this, obtains these desires. 6. The two feet, each consisting of ten syllables (Rv. X, 120, 1 a, b), serve for the gaining of both kinds of food 1, of what has feet (animal food), and what has no feet (vegetable food). 7. They come to be of eighteen syllables each 2. Of those which are ten, nine are the prâ*n*as (openings of the body) 3, the tenth is the (vital) self. This is the perfection of the (vital) self; Eight syllables remain in each. He who knows them, obtains whatever he desires. ### Footnotes 183:1 The number is obtained as follows: 183:2 Cf. I, 1, 2, 9. 184:1 Because Virâ*g*, a foot of ten syllables, is food. 184:2 184:3 Seven in the head and two in the body; sapta vai sirsha*n*yâ*h* prâ*n*â dvâv avâñ*k*âv iti. Next: I, 3, 8