White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 31

VS 31.1

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् स भूमिꣳ सर्वत स्पृत्वात्य् अतिष्ठद् दशाङ्गुलम्

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt sa bhūmiṁ sarvata spṛtvāty atiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam

Thousand-headed is the Puruṣa, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed; having covered the earth on every side, he stood out beyond it by ten fingers' breadth.

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VS 31.2

पुरुष एवेदꣳ सर्वं यद् भूतं यच् च भाव्यम् उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यद् अन्नेनातिरोहति

puruṣa evedaṁ sarvaṃ yad bhūtaṃ yac ca bhāvyam utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yad annenātirohati

The Puruṣa alone is all this, what has been and what is to be; and he is the lord of immortality, since (or: of that which) he grows beyond by food.

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VS 31.3

एतावान् अस्य महिमातो ज्यायाꣳश् च पूरुषः पादो स्य विश्वा भूतानि त्रिपाद् अस्यामृतं दिवि

etāvān asya mahimāto jyāyāṁś ca pūruṣaḥ pādo sya viśvā bhūtāni tripād asyāmṛtaṃ divi

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

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VS 31.4

त्रिपाद् ऊर्ध्व उद् ऐत् पुरुषः पादो स्येहाभवत् 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; a quarter of him came to be here again; from there he spread out in all directions, over what eats and what does not eat.

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VS 31.5

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

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

From him Virāj was born, and from Virāj the Puruṣa; when born, he reached beyond the earth, behind and also in front.

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VS 31.6

तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुतः सम्भृतं पृषदाज्यम् पशूꣳस् ताꣳश् चक्रे वायव्यान् आरण्या ग्राम्याश् च ये

tasmād yajñāt sarvahutaḥ sambhṛtaṃ pṛṣadājyam paśūṁs tāṁś cakre vāyavyān āraṇyā grāmyāś ca ye

From that sacrifice, offered complete, the speckled butter was gathered; he made from it those animals of the air, those of the wilderness and those of the village.

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VS 31.7

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 complete, the ṛc-verses and the sāman-chants were born; the metres were born from it; the yajus was born from it.

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VS 31.8

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 animals have teeth in both jaws; cattle indeed were born from it, and from it were born goats and sheep.

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VS 31.9

तं यज्ञं बर्हिषि प्रौक्षन् पुरुषं जातम् अग्रतः तेन देवा अयजन्त साध्या ऋषयश् च ये

taṃ yajñaṃ barhiṣi praukṣan puruṣaṃ jātam agrataḥ tena devā ayajanta sādhyā ṛṣayaś ca ye

Him, the sacrifice, they sprinkled on the barhis — the Puruṣa born in the beginning; with him the gods sacrificed, (and) the Sādhyas and the ṛṣis who were (there).

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VS 31.10

यत् पुरुषं व्य् अदधुः कतिधा व्य् अकल्पयन् मुखं किम् अस्य कौ बाहू का ऊरू पादा उच्येते

yat puruṣaṃ vy adadhuḥ katidhā vy akalpayan mukhaṃ kim asya kau bāhū kā ūrū pādā ucyete

When they apportioned 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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VS 31.11

ब्राह्मणो स्य 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 Brahman was his mouth; of (his) arms the Rājanya was made; his thighs — that was what the Vaiśya (was); from the feet the Śūdra was born.

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VS 31.12

चन्द्रमा मनसो जातश् चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत श्रोत्राद् वायुश् च प्राणश् च मुखाद् अग्निर् अजायत

candramā manaso jātaś cakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata śrotrād vāyuś ca prāṇaś ca mukhād agnir ajāyata

From (his) mind the moon was born, from (his) eye the sun came to be; from (his) hearing the wind and breath, from (his) mouth Agni was born.

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VS 31.13

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

nābhyā āsīd antarikṣaṁ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ sam avartata padbhyāṃ bhūmir diśaḥ śrotrāt tathā lokāṁ akalpayan

From (his) navel came the mid-air, from (his) head the sky evolved, from (his) feet the earth, the directions from (his) hearing; thus they arranged the worlds.

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VS 31.14

यत् पुरुषेण हविषा देवा यज्ञम् अतन्वत वसन्तो स्यासीद् आज्यं ग्रीष्म इध्मः शरद् धविः

yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñam atanvata vasanto syāsīd ājyaṃ grīṣma idhmaḥ śarad dhaviḥ

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

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VS 31.15

सप्तास्यासन् परिधयस् त्रिः सप्त समिधः कृताः देवा यद् यज्ञं तन्वाना अबध्नन् पुरुषं पशुम्

saptāsyāsan paridhayas triḥ sapta samidhaḥ kṛtāḥ devā yad yajñaṃ tanvānā abadhnan puruṣaṃ paśum

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

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VS 31.16

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

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

With the sacrifice the gods sacrificed to the sacrifice; those were the first ordinances. Those great ones attained the vault (of heaven), where the ancient Sādhya gods are.

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VS 31.17

अद्भ्यः सम्भृतः पृथिव्यै रसाच् च विश्वकर्मणः सम् अवर्तताग्रे तस्य त्वष्टा विदधद् रूपम् एति तन् मर्त्यस्य देवत्वम् आजानम् अग्रे

adbhyaḥ sambhṛtaḥ pṛthivyai rasāc ca viśvakarmaṇaḥ sam avartatāgre tasya tvaṣṭā vidadhad rūpam eti tan martyasya devatvam ājānam agre

Gathered together from the waters and from the sap of the earth, he came to be in the beginning from Viśvakarman; Tvaṣṭṛ, ordering, goes to (i.e. shapes) his form — that is, in the beginning, the mortal's divinity and birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 31.18

वेदाहम् एतं पुरुषं महान्तम् आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् तम् एव विदित्वाति मृत्युम् एति नान्यः पन्था विद्यते यनाय

vedāham etaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt tam eva viditvāti mṛtyum eti nānyaḥ panthā vidyate yanāya

I know this great Puruṣa, sun-coloured, beyond the darkness; only by knowing him does one pass beyond death — no other path is found for going.

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VS 31.19

प्रजापतिश् चरति गर्भे अन्तर् अजायमानो बहुधा वि जायते तस्य योनिं परि पश्यन्ति धीरास् तस्मिन् ह तस्थुर् भुवनानि विश्वा

prajāpatiś carati garbhe antar ajāyamāno bahudhā vi jāyate tasya yoniṃ pari paśyanti dhīrās tasmin ha tasthur bhuvanāni viśvā

Prajāpati moves within the womb; unborn, he is born in many ways. The wise look upon his source; in him all the worlds have stood.

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VS 31.20

यो देवेभ्य आतपति यो देवानां पुरोहितः पूर्वो यो देवेभ्यो जातो नमो रुचाय ब्राह्मये

yo devebhya ātapati yo devānāṃ purohitaḥ pūrvo yo devebhyo jāto namo rucāya brāhmaye

He who shines forth for the gods, who is the purohita of the gods, who was born before the gods — homage to the brahmic radiance!

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VS 31.21

रुचं ब्राह्म्यं जनयन्तो देवा अग्रे तद् अब्रुवन् यस् त्वैवं ब्राह्मणो विद्यात् तस्य देवा असन् वशे

rucaṃ brāhmyaṃ janayanto devā agre tad abruvan yas tvaivaṃ brāhmaṇo vidyāt tasya devā asan vaśe

Generating the brahmic radiance, the gods said this in the beginning: whatever Brahman shall know (it) thus, the gods will be in his power.

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VS 31.22

श्रीश् च ते लक्ष्मीश् च पत्न्याव् अहोरात्रे पार्श्वे नक्षत्राणि रूपम् अश्विनौ व्यात्ताम् इष्णन्न् इषाणामुं म इषाण सर्वलोकं म इषाण

śrīś ca te lakṣmīś ca patnyāv ahorātre pārśve nakṣatrāṇi rūpam aśvinau vyāttām iṣṇann iṣāṇāmuṃ ma iṣāṇa sarvalokaṃ ma iṣāṇa

Śrī and Lakṣmī are thy two wives, day and night thy two sides, the stars thy form, the two Aśvins thy open mouth. Desiring, desire! Grant me that; grant me the whole world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain