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AITEREYA UPNISHAD
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CHAPTER I
Section 1
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1. The Supreme Spirit (God) alone existed (with infinite
knowledge and power of action) before the creation of the uni-
verse; no one else existed with desire (for such creation). He
desired to create worlds (earth, moon, sun, stars etc.).
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2. God then createi all these worlds of
ambha, marichi,
mara
and
apah,
explained as follows :—ethereal waters are
called
ambha,
ethereal space of heavenly (shining) bodies (sun,
moon, stars etc.,) is called
marichi,
earth is called
mara
and
lowers waters of earth are called
apah.
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3. After creating these different worlds, God devised to
create their guardians. So He created
purusha
(this vast