Aitareya Upanishad

The Aitareya Upanishad is a short prose text from the Aitareya Aranyaka in the Rig Veda. It explains the symbolic meaning of the rituals described in the previous chapters of the Aranyaka, and contains particularly famous aphorisms (maha vakya) like prajnanam brahma - "Brahman is perfect knowledge". Aitareya Upanishad discusses the philosophy of the individual and the self, the theory of reincarnation, and the relationship between individual consciousness and the universal consciousness.

Invocation

My speech is established in mind, and my mind is established in speech. May you manifest, may you manifest! May the truth of the Vedas heard by me not leave me. For days and nights, I will reflect on the divine law and the truth. May I become established in the truth, and may the teacher be established in truth. May the truth protect me, and may the truth protect the teacher - may truth protect the teacher! Peace, peace, peace.







  • oṃ —

  • vāṅ —

  • me —

  • manasi —

  • pratiṣṭhitā —

  • mano —

  • me —

  • vāci —

  • pratiṣṭhitamāvirāvīrma —

  • edhi —

  • vedasya —

  • ma —

  • āṇīsthaḥ —

  • śrutaṃ —

  • me —

  • mā —

  • prahāsīranenādhītenāhorātrān —

  • saṃdadhāmyṛtaṃ —

  • vadiṣyāmi —

  • satyaṃ —

  • vadiṣyāmi —

  • tanmāmavatu —

  • tadvaktāramavatvavatu —

  • māmavatu —

  • vaktāramavatu —

  • vaktāram —

  • oṃ —

  • śāntiḥ —

  • śāntiḥ —

  • śāntiḥ —

Aitareya Upanishad