Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 4, 3
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"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
Third Kha\"N"D"A.
1. He recites the eighty tristichs of Gyatrs 2. Verily, the eighty Gyatr tristichs are this world (earth). Whatever there is in this world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
2. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is breath. He joins this world with breath.
3. He recites the eighty tristichs of B"ri"hats. Verily, the eighty B"ri"hat tristichs are the world of the sky. Whatever there is in the world of the sky of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
4. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is breath. He joins the world of the sky with breath.
5. He recites the eighty tristichs of Ush"n"ih. Verily, the eighty Ush"n"ih tristichs are that world, the heaven. Whatever there is in that world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, also the divine being of the Devas (Brahman), may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
6. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is the breath. He joins that world with breath, yea, with breath.
Footnotes
192:1 Asmin vi"g"avabhge. Comm.
192:2 These and the following verses form the food of the bird. Comm. The verses themselves are given by "S"aunaka in the fifth ra"n"yaka.
"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
Third Kha\"N"D"A.
1. He recites the eighty tristichs of Gyatrs 2. Verily, the eighty Gyatr tristichs are this world (earth). Whatever there is in this world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
2. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is breath. He joins this world with breath.
3. He recites the eighty tristichs of B"ri"hats. Verily, the eighty B"ri"hat tristichs are the world of the sky. Whatever there is in the world of the sky of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
4. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is breath. He joins the world of the sky with breath.
5. He recites the eighty tristichs of Ush"n"ih. Verily, the eighty Ush"n"ih tristichs are that world, the heaven. Whatever there is in that world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, also the divine being of the Devas (Brahman), may I obtain it, may I win it, may it be mine.
6. Next comes the Sdadohas verse. Sdadohas verily is the breath. He joins that world with breath, yea, with breath.
Footnotes
192:1 Asmin vi"g"avabhge. Comm.
192:2 These and the following verses form the food of the bird. Comm. The verses themselves are given by "S"aunaka in the fifth ra"n"yaka.
