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 1.3.12

Having split up this very end, He entered through this door. This entrance is known as vidriti (the chief entrance). Hence it is delightful. Of Him there are three abodes - three (states of) dream. This one is an abode, this one is an abode. This one is an abode.



  • sa —

  • etameva —

  • sīmānaṃ —

  • vidaryaitayā —

  • dvārā —

  • prāpadyata —

  • saiṣā —

  • vidṛtirnāma —

  • dvāstadetannā'ndanam —

  • tasya — of it, of that

  • traya — threefold, triple

  • āvasathāstrayaḥ — three dwelling places

    • āvasathāḥ — dwelling-place, abode

    • trayaḥ — three, triple

  • svapnā — sleep, dreams

  • ayamāvasatho'yamāvasatho'yamāvasatha — this is the abode (x3)

  • iti — thus
    Indicates the previous words were said or thought

Aitareya Upanishad