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.

Aitareya 1.2.1

The deities fell into the great ocean, and the original man was subjected to hunger and thirst. The man asked their creator, "provide an abode for us where we can eat food."



  • tā —

  • etā —

  • devatāḥ —

  • sṛṣṭā —

  • asminmahatyarṇave —

  • prāpatan —

  • tamaśanāpipāsābhyāmanvavārjat —

  • tā —

  • enamabruvannāyatanaṃ —

  • naḥ —

  • prajānīhi —

  • yasminpratiṣṭhitā —

  • annamadāmeti —

Aitareya Upanishad