Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 90

RV 10 90.1

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिꣳ विश्वतो वृत्वात्य् अतिष्ठद् दशाङ्गुलम्

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvāty atiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam

Puruṣa has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; having covered the earth on every side, he stood out beyond it by ten fingers' breadth.

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RV 10 90.2

पुरुष एवेदꣳ सर्वꣳ यद् भूतꣳ यच् च भव्यम् । उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यद् अन्नेनातिरोहति

puruṣa evedaṁ sarvaṁ yad bhūtaṁ yac ca bhavyam | utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yad annenātirohati

Puruṣa alone is all this — what has been and what is to be; and he is lord of immortality, since he rises above by means of food.

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RV 10 90.3

एतावान् अस्य महिमातो ज्यायाꣳश् च पूरुषः । पादो ऽस्य विश्वा भूतानि त्रिपाद् अस्यामृतꣳ दिवि

etāvān asya mahimāto jyāyām̐ś ca pūruṣaḥ | pādo 'sya viśvā bhūtāni tripād asyāmṛtaṁ divi

So great is his greatness, and Puruṣa is greater still than that: a quarter of him is all beings, three quarters of him is the immortal in heaven.

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RV 10 90.4

त्रिपाद् ऊर्ध्व उद् ऐत् पुरुषः पादो ऽस्येहाभवत् पुनः । ततो विष्वङ् व्य् अक्रामत् साशनानशने अभि

tripād ūrdhva ud ait puruṣaḥ pādo 'syehābhavat punaḥ | tato viṣvaṅ vy akrāmat sāśanānaśane abhi

With three quarters the Puruṣa rose upward; one quarter of him came to be here again. From there he spread apart in all directions, over what eats and what does not eat.

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RV 10 90.5

तस्माद् विराऴ् अजायत विराजो अधि पूरुषः । स जातो अत्य् अरिच्यत पश्चाद् भूमिम् अथो पुरः

tasmād virāḻ ajāyata virājo adhi pūruṣaḥ | sa jāto aty aricyata paścād bhūmim atho puraḥ

From him Virāj was born, and from Virāj the Puruṣa. Once born, he extended beyond the earth, behind and also in front.

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RV 10 90.6

यत् पुरुषेण हविषा देवा यज्ञम् अतन्वत । वसन्तो अस्यासीद् आज्यꣳ ग्रीष्म इध्मः शरद् धविः

yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñam atanvata | vasanto asyāsīd ājyaṁ grīṣma idhmaḥ śarad dhaviḥ

When the gods stretched out the sacrifice with the Puruṣa as oblation, spring was its melted butter, summer the firewood, autumn the oblation.

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RV 10 90.7

तꣳ यज्ञम् बर्हिषि प्रौक्षन् पुरुषꣳ जातम् अग्रतः । तेन देवा अयजन्त साध्या ऋषयश् च ये

taṁ yajñam barhiṣi praukṣan puruṣaṁ jātam agrataḥ | tena devā ayajanta sādhyā ṛṣayaś ca ye

That sacrifice they sprinkled upon the barhis—the Puruṣa born at the beginning. With him the gods sacrificed, and the Sādhyas and the ṛṣis who were.

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RV 10 90.8

तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुतः सम्भृतम् पृषदाज्यम् । पशून् ताꣳश् चक्रे वायव्यान् आरण्यान् ग्राम्याश् च ये

tasmād yajñāt sarvahutaḥ sambhṛtam pṛṣadājyam | paśūn tām̐ś cakre vāyavyān āraṇyān grāmyāś ca ye

From that sacrifice, offered whole, the speckled butter was gathered. He made those animals—those of the air, those of the wild, and those of the village.

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RV 10 90.9

तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुत ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे । छन्दाꣳसि जज्ञिरे तस्माद् यजुस् तस्माद् अजायत

tasmād yajñāt sarvahuta ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire | chandāṁsi jajñire tasmād yajus tasmād ajāyata

From that sacrifice, offered whole, the ṛc-verses and the sāman-chants were born; from it the metres were born, from it the yajus arose.

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RV 10 90.10

तस्माद् अश्वा अजायन्त ये के चोभयादतः । गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात् तस्माज् जाता अजावयः

tasmād aśvā ajāyanta ye ke cobhayādataḥ | gāvo ha jajñire tasmāt tasmāj jātā ajāvayaḥ

From it horses were born, and whatever have teeth in both jaws; cows indeed were born from it, from it were born goats and sheep.

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RV 10 90.11

यत् पुरुषꣳ व्य् अदधुः कतिधा व्य् अकल्पयन् । मुखꣳ किम् अस्य कौ बाहू का ऊरू पादा उच्येते

yat puruṣaṁ vy adadhuḥ katidhā vy akalpayan | mukhaṁ kim asya kau bāhū kā ūrū pādā ucyete

When they divided up the Puruṣa, into how many parts did they arrange him? What was his mouth, what his two arms, what are called his thighs and feet?

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RV 10 90.12

ब्राह्मणो ऽस्य मुखम् आसीद् बाहू राजन्यः कृतः । ऊरू तद् अस्य यद् वैश्यः पद्भ्याꣳ शूद्रो अजायत

brāhmaṇo 'sya mukham āsīd bāhū rājanyaḥ kṛtaḥ | ūrū tad asya yad vaiśyaḥ padbhyāṁ śūdro ajāyata

The Brāhmaṇa was his mouth; the arms were made the Rājanya; his thighs were that which is the Vaiśya; from his feet the Śūdra was born.

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RV 10 90.13

चन्द्रमा मनसो जातश् चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत । मुखाद् इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च प्राणाद् वायुर् अजायत

candramā manaso jātaś cakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata | mukhād indraś cāgniś ca prāṇād vāyur ajāyata

The moon was born from his mind, from his eye the sun was born; from his mouth Indra and Agni, from his breath Vāyu was born.

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RV 10 90.14

नाभ्या आसीद् अन्तरिक्षꣳ शीर्ष्णो द्यौः सम् अवर्तत । पद्भ्याम् भूमिर् दिशः श्रोत्रात् तथा लोकाꣳ अकल्पयन्

nābhyā āsīd antarikṣaṁ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ sam avartata | padbhyām bhūmir diśaḥ śrotrāt tathā lokām̐ akalpayan

From his navel came the midspace, from his head the sky evolved, from his feet the earth, from his ear the directions—thus they fashioned the worlds.

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RV 10 90.15

सप्तास्यासन् परिधयस् त्रिः सप्त समिधः कृताः । देवा यद् यज्ञꣳ तन्वाना अबध्नन् पुरुषम् पशुम्

saptāsyāsan paridhayas triḥ sapta samidhaḥ kṛtāḥ | devā yad yajñaṁ tanvānā abadhnan puruṣam paśum

Seven were his enclosing sticks, thrice seven the kindling sticks made, when the gods, stretching out the sacrifice, bound the Puruṣa as the sacrificial animal.

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RV 10 90.16

यज्ञेन यज्ञम् अयजन्त देवास् तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्य् आसन् । ते ह नाकम् महिमानः सचन्त यत्र पूर्वे साध्याः सन्ति देवाः

yajñena yajñam ayajanta devās tāni dharmāṇi prathamāny āsan | te ha nākam mahimānaḥ sacanta yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ

With the sacrifice the gods sacrificed the sacrifice; those were the first ordinances. Those great ones attained the firmament, where the ancient Sādhyas, the gods, are.

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