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Rigveda 10.90: Puruṣasūkta

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.90

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Sanskrit

10.90.1

sa̱hasra̍śīrṣā̱ puru̍ṣaḥ sahasrā̱kṣaḥ sa̱hasra̍pāt |
sa bhūmi̍ṁ vi̱śvato̍ vṛ̱tvāty a̍tiṣṭhad daśāṅgu̱lam ||

A THOUSAND heads hath Purusha, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. On every side pervading earth he fills a space ten fingers wide.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.2

puru̍ṣa e̱vedaṁ sarva̱ṁ yad bhū̱taṁ yac ca̱ bhavya̍m |
u̱tāmṛ̍ta̱tvasyeśā̍no̱ yad anne̍nāti̱roha̍ti ||

This Purusha is all that yet hath been and all that is to be; The Lord of Immortality which waxes greater still by food.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.3

e̱tāvā̍n asya mahi̱māto̱ jyāyā̍m̐ś ca̱ pūru̍ṣaḥ |
pādo̍ 'sya̱ viśvā̍ bhū̱tāni̍ tri̱pād a̍syā̱mṛta̍ṁ di̱vi ||

So mighty is his greatness; yea, greater than this is Purusha. All creatures are one-fourth of him, three-fourths eternal life in heaven.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.4

tri̱pād ū̱rdhva ud ai̱t puru̍ṣa̱ḥ pādo̍ 'sye̱hābha̍va̱t puna̍ḥ |
tato̱ viṣva̱ṅ vy a̍krāmat sāśanānaśa̱ne a̱bhi ||

With three-fourths Purusha went up: onefourth of him again was here. Thence he strode out to every side over what cats not and what cats.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.5

tasmā̍d vi̱rāḻ a̍jāyata vi̱rājo̱ adhi̱ pūru̍ṣaḥ |
sa jā̱to aty a̍ricyata pa̱ścād bhūmi̱m atho̍ pu̱raḥ ||

From him Virâj was born; again Purusha from Virâj was born. As soon as he was born he spread eastward and westward o'er the earth.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.6

yat puru̍ṣeṇa ha̱viṣā̍ de̱vā ya̱jñam ata̍nvata |
va̱sa̱nto a̍syāsī̱d ājya̍ṁ grī̱ṣma i̱dhmaḥ śa̱rad dha̱viḥ ||

When Gods prepared the sacrifice with Purusha as their offering, Its oil was spring, the holy gift was autumn; summer was the wood.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.7

taṁ ya̱jñam ba̱rhiṣi̱ praukṣa̱n puru̍ṣaṁ jā̱tam a̍gra̱taḥ |
tena̍ de̱vā a̍yajanta sā̱dhyā ṛṣa̍yaś ca̱ ye ||

They balmed as victim on the grass Purusha born in earliest time. With him the Deities and all Sâdhyas and Ṛishis sacrificed.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.8

tasmā̍d ya̱jñāt sa̍rva̱huta̱ḥ sambhṛ̍tam pṛṣadā̱jyam |
pa̱śūn tām̐ś ca̍kre vāya̱vyā̍n āra̱ṇyān grā̱myāś ca̱ ye ||

From that great general sacrifice the dripping fat was gathered up. He formed the creatures of-the air, and animals both wild and tame.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.9

tasmā̍d ya̱jñāt sa̍rva̱huta̱ ṛca̱ḥ sāmā̍ni jajñire |
chandā̍ṁsi jajñire̱ tasmā̱d yaju̱s tasmā̍d ajāyata ||

From that great general sacrifice Ṛichas and Sâma-hymns were born: Therefrom were spells and charms produced; the Yajus had its birth from it.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.10

tasmā̱d aśvā̍ ajāyanta̱ ye ke co̍bha̱yāda̍taḥ |
gāvo̍ ha jajñire̱ tasmā̱t tasmā̍j jā̱tā a̍jā̱vaya̍ḥ ||

From it were horses born, from it all cattle with two rows of teeth: From it were generated kine, from it the goats and sheep were born.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.11

yat puru̍ṣa̱ṁ vy ada̍dhuḥ kati̱dhā vy a̍kalpayan |
mukha̱ṁ kim a̍sya̱ kau bā̱hū kā ū̱rū pādā̍ ucyete ||

When they divided Purusha how many portions did they make? What do they call his mouth, his arms? What do they call his thighs and feet?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.12

brā̱hma̱ṇo̍ 'sya̱ mukha̍m āsīd bā̱hū rā̍ja̱nya̍ḥ kṛ̱taḥ |
ū̱rū tad a̍sya̱ yad vaiśya̍ḥ pa̱dbhyāṁ śū̱dro a̍jāyata ||

The Brâhman was his mouth, of both his arms was the Râjanya made. His thighs became the Vaiṣya, from his feet the Ṣûdra was produced.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.13

ca̱ndramā̱ mana̍so jā̱taś cakṣo̱ḥ sūryo̍ ajāyata |
mukhā̱d indra̍ś cā̱gniś ca̍ prā̱ṇād vā̱yur a̍jāyata ||

The Moon was gendered from his mind, and from his eye the Sun had birth; Indra and Agni from his mouth were born, and Vâyu from his breath.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.14

nābhyā̍ āsīd a̱ntari̍kṣaṁ śī̱rṣṇo dyauḥ sam a̍vartata |
pa̱dbhyām bhūmi̱r diśa̱ḥ śrotrā̱t tathā̍ lo̱kām̐ a̍kalpayan ||

Forth from his navel came mid-air the sky was fashioned from his head Earth from his feet, and from his car the regions. Thus they formed the worlds.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.15

sa̱ptāsyā̍san pari̱dhaya̱s triḥ sa̱pta sa̱midha̍ḥ kṛ̱tāḥ |
de̱vā yad ya̱jñaṁ ta̍nvā̱nā aba̍dhna̱n puru̍ṣam pa̱śum ||

Seven fencing-sticks had he, thrice seven layers of fuel were prepared, When the Gods, offering sacrifice, bound, as their victim, Purusha.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.90.16

ya̱jñena̍ ya̱jñam a̍yajanta de̱vās tāni̱ dharmā̍ṇi pratha̱māny ā̍san |
te ha̱ nāka̍m mahi̱māna̍ḥ sacanta̱ yatra̱ pūrve̍ sā̱dhyāḥ santi̍ de̱vāḥ ||

Gods, sacrificing, sacrificed the victim these were the carliest holy ordinances. The Mighty Ones attained the height of heaven, there where the Sâdhyas, Gods of old, are dwelling.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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