Earth

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 20 Oct 2011 08:06 and updated at 20 Oct 2011 08:06

UPANISHAD NOUN

Kena	3.5. (It said:) What is the power in thee, such as thou art? Agni( said:) I can burn all this that is upon the Earth.
Kena	3.9. (It said:) What is the power in thee, such as thou art? Vayu( said:) I can take hold of all this that is upon the Earth.
Katha	1.1.23. Ask for sons and grandsons who will live a hundred years. Ask for herds of cattle, Elephants gold and Horses, as also for a vast extent of Earth and thyself live for as many Autumns as thou desirest.
Katha	1.1.28. Having gained contact with the undecaying and the immortal, what decaying mortal dwelling on the Earth below who knows the higher goal, will delight in long life, after becoming aware of the (transitoriness of) beauty Varian() and sport Rati() and the joy Pramoda() thereof.
Katha	2.2.2. As mover Sun(), He dwells in Heaven; (as air), He pervades everything and dwells in inter space; as fire, on the Earth; as guest, in the houses; He dwells in men; dwells in the gods; dwells in truth and dwells in space. He is all that is born in water, all that is born on Earth, all that is born in sacrifices and all that is born on the mountains; He is unchanging and great.
Katha	2.3.3. For fear of Him, fire burns; For fear of Him, shines the Sun; For fear of Him, Indra and Vayu function; For fear of Him, death, the fifth, stalks on the Earth.
Taittariya	1.3.1: May we both attain fame together. May spiritual pre eminence be vouchsafed to both of us together. Now therefore, we shall state the meditation on juxtaposition through five categories relating to the worlds, to the shining things, to knowledge, to progeny, and to the body. These, they call the great juxtapositions. Now then, as regards the meditation on the worlds. The Earth is the first letter. Heaven is the last letter. The Sky is the meeting place.
Taittariya	1.7.1: The Earth, Sky, Heaven, the primary quarters, and the intermediate quarters; fire, air, the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars; water, herbs, trees, Sky, and Virat these relate to natural factors. Then follow the individual ones: Prana, Vyana, Apana, Udana and Samana; the eye, the ear, the mind, speech and sense of touch; skin, flesh, muscles, bones and marrow. Having imagined these thus, the seer said, All this is constituted by five factors; one fills up the (outer) fivefold ones by the (individual) fivefold ones.
Taittariya	From that Brahman, which is the Self, was produced space. From space emerged air. From air was born fire. From fire was created water. From water sprang up Earth. From Earth were born the herbs. From the herbs was produced food. From food was born man. That man, such as he is, is a product of the essence of food. Of him this indeed, is the head, this is the southern side; this is the northern side; this is the Self; this is the stabilising tail.
Taittariya	2.2.1: All beings that rest on the Earth are born verily from food. Besides, they live on food, and at the end, they get merged in food. Food was verily born before all creatures; therefore it is called the medicine for all, those who worship food as Brahman acquire all the food. Food was verily born before all creatures; therefore it is called the medicine for all. Creatures are born of food; being born, they grow by food. Since it is eaten and it eats the creatures, it is called food.
Taittariya	As compared with this self made of the essence of food, as said before, there is another inner self which is made of air. By that is this one filled. This Self is also of the human form. Its human form takes after the human form of that (earlier one). Of this, Prana is the head, Vyana is the southern side, Apana is the northern side, space is the self, the Earth is the tail that stabilises. Pertaining to that is this (following) verse:
Taittariya	Suppose there is a young man in the prime of life, good, learned, most expeditious, most strongly built, and most energetic. Suppose there lies this Earth for him filled with wealth. This will be one unit of human joy. If this human joy be multiplied a hundred times, it is one joy of the man Gandharvas, and so also of a follower of the Vedas unaffected by desires. If this joy of the man Gandharvas be multiplied a hundred times, it is one joy of the divine Gandharvas, and so also of a follower of the Vedas unaffected by desires. If the joy of the divine Gandharvas be increased a hundredfold, it is one joy of the manes whose world is everlasting, and so also of a follower of the Vedas unaffected by desires. If the joy of the manes that dwell in the everlasting world be increased a hundredfold, it is one joy of those that are born as gods in Heaven, and so also of a follower of the Vedas untouched by desires. If the joy of those that are born as gods in Heaven be multiplied a hundredfold, it is one joy of the gods called the Karma Devas, who reach the gods through Vedic rites, and so also of a follower of the Vedas unaffected by desires. If the joy of the gods, called the Karma Devas, be multiplied a hundredfold, it is one joy of the gods, and so also of a follower of the Vedas untarnished by desires. If the joy of the gods be increased a hundred times, it is one joy of Indra, and so also of a follower of the Vedas unaffected by desires. If the joy of Indra be multiplied a
Taittariya	3.9.1: His vow is that he should make food plentiful. Earth is food; space is eater; for Earth is placed in space. Space( is food; and Earth is eater, for) space is placed on Earth. Thus one food is lodged in another food. He who knows thus that one food is lodged in another, gets firmly established. He becomes a possessor and an eater of food. He becomes great in progeny, cattle, and the lustre of holiness and great in glory.
Aitareya	1.1.2: He created these world, viz. Ambhas, Marici, Mara, Apah. That which is beyond Heaven is Ambhas. Heaven is its support. The Sky is Marici. The Earth is Mara. The worlds that are below are the Apah.
Aitareya	3.1.3: This One is (the inferior) Brahman; this is Indra, this is Prajapati; this is all these gods; and this is these five elements, viz. Earth, air, Space, water, fire; and this is all these (big creatures), together with the small ones, that are the procreators of others and referable in pairs to wit, those that are born of eggs, of wombs, of moisture of the Earth, viz. Horses, Cattle, men, Elephants, and all the creatures that there are which move or fly and those which do not move. All these have Consciousness as the giver of their reality; all these are impelled by Consciousness; the universe has Consciousness as its eye and Consciousness is its end. Consciousness is Brahman.
Isavasya	1. Aum. All this should be covered by the Lord, whatsoever moves on the Earth. By such a renunciation protect (thyself). Covet not the wealth of others.
Prashna	2.2: To him he said: Space in fact is this deity, as also are air, fire, water, Earth, the organ of Speech, Mind, eye and ear. Exhibiting their glory they say, Unquestionably it is we who hold together this body by not allowing it to disintegrate.
Prashna	2.5: This one (i.e. Prana) burns as fire, this one is the Sun, this one is cloud, this one is Indra and air, this one is the Earth and food. This god is the gross and the subtle, as well as that which is Nectar.
Prashna	3.8: The Sun is indeed the external Prana. It rises up favouring this Prana in the eye. That deity, that is in the Earth, favours by attracting Apana in a human being. The space (i.e. air), that is within, is Samana. The (common) air is Vyana.
Prashna	4.8: Earth and the rudiment of Earth, water and the rudiment of water, fire and the rudiment of fire, space and the rudiment of space, the organ and object of vision, the organ and object of hearing, the organ and object of smell, the organ and object of taste, the organ and object of touch, the organ and content of speech, the hands and the object grasped, sex and enjoyment, the organ of excretion and the excreta, the feet and the space trodden, the mind and the content of thought, understanding and the content of understanding, egoism and the content of egoism, awareness and the content of awareness, the shining skin and the object revealed by that, Prana and all that has to be held by Prana.
Prashna	5.3: Should he meditate on Aum as consisting of one letter he becomes enlightened even by that and attains a human birth on the Earth. The Rik mantras lead him to the human birth. Being endued there with self control, continence, and faith he experiences greatness.
Prashna	6.4: He created Prana; from Prana (He created) faith, Space, air, fire, water, Earth, organs, Mind, food; from food (He created) vigour, self control, mantras, rites, worlds and name in the worlds.
Mundaka	1.1.7: As a spider spreads out and withdraws (its thread), as on the Earth grow the herbs (and trees), and as from a living man issues out hair (on the head and body), so out of the Imperishable does the Universe emerge here (in this phenomenal creation).
Mundaka	2.1.3: From Him originates the vital force as well as the Mind, all the senses, Space, air, fire, water, and Earth that supports everything.
Mundaka	2.1.4: The indwelling Self of all is surely He of whom the Heaven is the head, the Moon and Sun are the two eyes, the directions are the two ears, the revealed Vedas are the speech, air is the vital force, the whole Universe is the heart, and (It is He) from whose two feet emerged the Earth.
Mundaka	2.1.5: From Him emerges the fire (i.e. Heaven) of which the fuel is the Sun. From the Moon emerges cloud, and (from cloud) the herbs and corns on the Earth. A man sheds the semen into a Woman. From the Purusha have originated many creatures.
Mundaka	2.2.5: Know that Self alone that is one without a second, on which are strung Heaven, the Earth and the inter Space, the mind and the vital forces together with all the other organs; and give up all other talks. This is the bridge leading to immortality.

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