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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90

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  1. Ṛgveda 10.90.1, English A THOUSAND heads hath Purusa, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. On every side pervading earth he fills a space ten fingers wide. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 10.90.2, English This Purusa 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
  3. Ṛgveda 10.90.3, English So mighty is his greatness; yea, greater than this is Purusa. All creatures are one-fourth of him, three-fourths eternal life in heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 10.90.4, English With three-fourths Purusa went up: one fourth of him again was here. Thence he strode out to every side over what cats not and what cats. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 10.90.5, English From him Viraj was born; again Purusa from Viraj was born. As soon as he was born he spread eastward and westward o'er the earth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 10.90.6, English When Gods prepared the sacrifice with Purusa as their offering, Its oil was spring, the holy gift was autumn; summer was the wood. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 10.90.7, English They balmed as victim on the grass Purusa born in earliest time. With him the Deities and all Sadhyas and Rsis sacrificed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 10.90.8, English 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
  9. Ṛgveda 10.90.9, English From that great general sacrifice Rcas and Sama-hymns were born: Therefrom were spells and charms produced; the Yajus had its birth from it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 10.90.10, English 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
  11. Ṛgveda 10.90.11, English When they divided Purusa 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
  12. Ṛgveda 10.90.12, English The Brahman was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rajanya made. His thighs became the Vaisya, from his feet the Sudra was produced. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 10.90.13, English The Moon was gendered from his mind, and from his eye the Sun had birth; Indra and Agni from his mouth were born, and Vayu from his breath. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 10.90.14, English 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
  15. Ṛgveda 10.90.15, English Seven fencing-sticks had he, thrice seven layers of fuel were prepared, When the Gods, offering sacrifice, bound, as their victim, Purusa. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 10.90.16, English Gods, sacrificing, sacrificed the victim these were the earliest holy ordinances. The Mighty Ones attained the height of heaven, there where the Sidhyas, Gods of old, are dwelling. <!-- Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 10.90.1स॒हस्र॑शीर्षा॒ पुरु॑षः सहस्रा॒क्षः स॒हस्र॑पात् । स भूमिं॑ वि॒श्वतो॑ वृ॒त्वात्य॑तिष्ठद्दशाङ्गु॒लम् ॥
  2. 10.90.2पुरु॑ष ए॒वेदं सर्वं॒ यद्भू॒तं यच्च॒ भव्य॑म् । उ॒तामृ॑त॒त्वस्येशा॑नो॒ यदन्ने॑नाति॒रोह॑ति ॥
  3. 10.90.3ए॒तावा॑नस्य महि॒मातो॒ ज्यायाँ॑श्च॒ पूरु॑षः । पादो॑ऽस्य॒ विश्वा॑ भू॒तानि॑ त्रि॒पाद॑स्या॒मृतं॑ दि॒वि ॥
  4. 10.90.4त्रि॒पादू॒र्ध्व उदै॒त्पुरु॑ष॒ः पादो॑ऽस्ये॒हाभ॑व॒त्पुन॑ः । ततो॒ विष्व॒ङ्व्य॑क्रामत्साशनानश॒ने अ॒भि ॥
  5. 10.90.5तस्मा॑द्वि॒राळ॑जायत वि॒राजो॒ अधि॒ पूरु॑षः । स जा॒तो अत्य॑रिच्यत प॒श्चाद्भूमि॒मथो॑ पु॒रः ॥
  6. 10.90.6यत्पुरु॑षेण ह॒विषा॑ दे॒वा य॒ज्ञमत॑न्वत । व॒स॒न्तो अ॑स्यासी॒दाज्यं॑ ग्री॒ष्म इ॒ध्मः श॒रद्ध॒विः ॥
  7. 10.90.7तं य॒ज्ञं ब॒र्हिषि॒ प्रौक्ष॒न्पुरु॑षं जा॒तम॑ग्र॒तः । तेन॑ दे॒वा अ॑यजन्त सा॒ध्या ऋष॑यश्च॒ ये ॥
  8. 10.90.8तस्मा॑द्य॒ज्ञात्स॑र्व॒हुत॒ः सम्भृ॑तं पृषदा॒ज्यम् । प॒शून्ताँश्च॑क्रे वाय॒व्या॑नार॒ण्यान्ग्रा॒म्याश्च॒ ये ॥
  9. 10.90.9तस्मा॑द्य॒ज्ञात्स॑र्व॒हुत॒ ऋच॒ः सामा॑नि जज्ञिरे । छन्दां॑सि जज्ञिरे॒ तस्मा॒द्यजु॒स्तस्मा॑दजायत ॥
  10. 10.90.10तस्मा॒दश्वा॑ अजायन्त॒ ये के चो॑भ॒याद॑तः । गावो॑ ह जज्ञिरे॒ तस्मा॒त्तस्मा॑ज्जा॒ता अ॑जा॒वय॑ः ॥
  11. 10.90.11यत्पुरु॑षं॒ व्यद॑धुः कति॒धा व्य॑कल्पयन् । मुखं॒ किम॑स्य॒ कौ बा॒हू का ऊ॒रू पादा॑ उच्येते ॥
  12. 10.90.12ब्रा॒ह्म॒णो॑ऽस्य॒ मुख॑मासीद्बा॒हू रा॑ज॒न्य॑ः कृ॒तः । ऊ॒रू तद॑स्य॒ यद्वैश्य॑ः प॒द्भ्यां शू॒द्रो अ॑जायत ॥
  13. 10.90.13च॒न्द्रमा॒ मन॑सो जा॒तश्चक्षो॒ः सूर्यो॑ अजायत । मुखा॒दिन्द्र॑श्चा॒ग्निश्च॑ प्रा॒णाद्वा॒युर॑जायत ॥
  14. 10.90.14नाभ्या॑ आसीद॒न्तरि॑क्षं शी॒र्ष्णो द्यौः सम॑वर्तत । प॒द्भ्यां भूमि॒र्दिश॒ः श्रोत्रा॒त्तथा॑ लो॒काँ अ॑कल्पयन् ॥
  15. 10.90.15स॒प्तास्या॑सन्परि॒धय॒स्त्रिः स॒प्त स॒मिध॑ः कृ॒ताः । दे॒वा यद्य॒ज्ञं त॑न्वा॒ना अब॑ध्न॒न्पुरु॑षं प॒शुम् ॥
  16. 10.90.16य॒ज्ञेन॑ य॒ज्ञम॑यजन्त दे॒वास्तानि॒ धर्मा॑णि प्रथ॒मान्या॑सन् । ते ह॒ नाकं॑ महि॒मान॑ः सचन्त॒ यत्र॒ पूर्वे॑ सा॒ध्याः सन्ति॑ दे॒वाः ॥