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Official Name: Purusa
Sukta; Section 10 Canto 7 Chapter 90 Verses 1 - 16
Author: Vyasadeva
Book Name: Rg
Veda
Language: Sanskrit
LYRICS:
(Invocation)
oḿ
taccham yoravṛni mahe
ghatun
yajñāya
ghatun
yajñapataye
daivi
svastirastu
svastir
manuṣebhyāḥ
urdhvam
jigatu bhesajam
śam
no astu dvipade
śam
catuś-pade
oḿ
śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
śāntiḥ
(1)
oḿ
sahasra śīrṣā
puruṣaḥ
sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
sa bhūmim viṣvato vṛtvā atyatiṣṭad daśāngulam
(2)
puruṣa evedagaḿ sarvam yad bhūtam yac ca bhavyam
utāmṛtatvasyeṣānaḥ yad annenātirohati
(3)
etāvān asya mahima ato jyāyāgaḿśca pūruṣaḥ
pādo 'sya viṣvā
bhūtāni
tripādasyāmṛtam divi
(4)
tripād ūrdhva udait puruṣaḥ pādo 'syehābhavatpunaḥ
tato viṣva.n vyakrāmat sāśanānaśane
abhi
(5)
tasmāt virād ajāyata virājo adhipūruṣa ḥ
sa jāto atyaricyata paścād bhūmimatho puraḥ
(6)
yatpuruṣena haviṣā devā yajñam atanvata
vasanto
asyāsī-dājyam grīṣma idhma śaraddhaviḥ
(7)
saptāsyā san paridayaḥ triḥ saptaḥ samidaḥ krtāḥ
deva yad yajñam tanvānāḥ abadhnan puruṣam paśum
(8)
tam
yajñam barhiṣi prokṣan puruṣam jātam agrataḥ
tena devā ayajanta sādhyā ṛṣayaś ca ye
(9)
tasmād yajñat sarvahutaḥ sambhṛtam prṣadājyam
paṣūgaḿstya gaś cakre vāyavyān āraṇyān
grāmyās ca ye
(10)
tasmād yajñat sarvahutaḥ ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajnire
chandāgaḿsi jajnire tasmāt yajus tasmād ajāyanta
(11)
tasmādaṣvā ajāyanta ye ke cobhayādataḥ
gāvoham jagnyire tasmāt tasmajjatā ajāvayaḥ
(!2)
yat puruṣam vyadadhuḥ katidhā vyakalpayan
mukham
kimasya kau bāhū kavūrū pādā ucyete
(13)
brāhmaṇo asya mukhamāsīt bāhū rājanyaḥ krtaḥ
ūru
tadasya yad vaiṣya padbhyām ṣūdro ajāyata
(14)
candramā manaso jātaḥ cakṣo sūryo ajāyata
mukhādīndrascāgnischa prāṇādvāyurajāyata
(15)
nābhyā āsīdantarikṣam ṣīrṣṇau
dhyauḥ samavartata
padbhyām bhūmir diṣaḥ
ṣrotrāt
tathā lokām
akalpayan
(16)
vedāhametam puruṣam mahāntam ādityavarṇam tamasastu
pāre
sarvāṇi rūpāṇi vicitya dhīraḥ nāmāni krtvābhivadan yadāste
(17)
dhātā purastādhyamudājahāra ṣakraḥ pravidvān pradiṣaṣcatasraḥ
tamevam
vidhvānamrta iha bhavati nānyaḥ panthā ayanāya vidhyate
(18)
yagnyena
yagnya-mayajanta devaḥ tāni dharmāṇi prathamānāsann
te ha
nākam mahimānaḥ
sacante yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ
(19)
adbhyassambhootaḥ prthivyai
rasācca viśvakarmaṇassamavartatādhi
tasya tvaṣṭā
vidadhadroopameti
tatpuruṣasya viśvamājānamagre
(20)
vedāhametam puruṣam mahāntam ādityavarṇam tamasas pārastāt
tamevam vidhvānamrta
iha bhavati nānyaḥ panthā vidhyate ayanāya
(21)
prajāpatischarati garbhe antaḥ ajāyamāno bahudhā vijāyate
tasya dhīrāḥ
parijānanti yonim marīchīnām
padamiccanti vedhasaḥ
(22)
yo devebhya ātapati yo devānām purohitaḥ
purvo yo devebhyo jātaḥ namo rucāya brāhmaye
(23)
rucam brāmham janayantaḥ deva agre tadabruvan
yastvaivam brāhmaṇo
vidhyāt tasya deva asan
vaśe
(24)
hṛśca te lakṣmīśca
patnyau ahorātre pārśve
nakṣatrāṇi roopam aśvinau vyāttam
iśtam maniśana
amun maniśana
sarvam maniśana
oḿ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
TRANSLATION
(Invocation)
We worship and pray to the Supreme Lord for the welfare of all beings. May all miseries
and shortcomings leave us forever so that we may always sing for the Lord
during the holy fire ceremonies. May all medicinal herbs grow in potency so
that all diseases may be cured. May the gods rain peace on us. May all the
two-legged creatures be happy, and may all the four-legged creatures also be
happy. May there be peace in the hearts of all beings in all realms.
1)
The Purusa (the Supreme Being) has a thousand heads,
a thousand eyes and a thousand feet. He has enveloped this world from all sides
and has (even) transcended it by ten angulas or
inches.
2)
All this is verily the Purusa. All that which existed
in the past or will come into being in the future (is also the Purusa). Also, he is the Lord of immortality. That which
grows profusely by food (is also the Purusa).
3)
So much is His greatness. However, the Purusa is
greater than this. All the beings form only a quarter (part of) Him. The
three-quarter part of His, which is eternal, is established in the spiritual
domain.
4)
The Purusa with the three-quarters (of His energy)
ascended above (the spiritual energy). His one quarter of material energy
becomes this creation again (and again). Then He pervades this universe
comprising a variety of sentient beings and insentient objects.
5)
From Him (the Adi Purusa or
original Supreme Being) was born the Virat (or Virat Purusa, the immense
universal form). Making this Virat as the substratum
(another) Purusa (or being, Brahma) (was born). As
soon as he was born, he multiplied himself. Later, he created this earth and
then, the bodies (of the living beings).
6)
When the devas (the demigods or beings of light)
performed a yajna (or sacrificial ritual), using the Purusa as the havis (sacrificial
material) for the yajna (ritual), the Vasanta (spring) became the ajya
(ghee), the Grishma (summer) served as idhma (pieces of wood) and the sharad
(autumn) filled the place of havis (obligatory
material like the purodasha or rice-cake).
7)
For this (yajna or spiritual ceremony) there were
seven paridhis (fuel pieces serving as borders). And,
twenty-one items were made the samit or sacrificial
fuel sticks. When the devas were performing this yajna or ceremony, they tied the Purusa
(himself) as the pasu (sacrificial animal).
8)
The devas, the sadhyas and
the rsis performed the sacrifice by using that Purusa as the means of yajna, the
Purusa who had been born in the beginning, after
sprinkling him with water by the barhis (or
sacrificial grass).
9)
From that yajna (or sacrificial ritual) wherein the
Cosmic Being was Himself the oblation, was produced the prasajya
(or curds mixed with ghee). Birds flying in the air, wild animals of the forest
as also the domesticated animals of the villages were also produced.
10)
From that yajna (or sacrifice) wherein the Cosmic
Being was Himself the oblation, were born the riks
(the mantras of the Rg-veda) and the samans (the mantras of the Sama-veda).
From that (yajna) the meters (like Gayatri) were born. From that (yajna
again) the yujas (the Yajura-veda)
was born.
11)
From that were born the horses, as also animals (like donkeys and mules) which
have two rows of teeth. From that were born the cattle. From that (again) were
born goats and sheep.
12)
(Now some questions are raised by the sages) When the gods decided to (mentally)
sacrifice the ViratPurusa (and produce further
creation), in how many ways did they do it? What became of his face or mouth?
What became of his two arms? What became of His two thighs? What were (the
products of) the two feet called?
13)
From His face (or the mouth) came the brahmanas. From
His two arms came the rajanya (the ksatriyas). From His two thighs came the vaisyas. From His two feet came the sudras.
14)
From His mind was born the moon. From His two eyes was born the sun. From His
mouth were born Indra and Agni.
From His breath was born the air.
15)
From (His) navel was produced the antariksha (the
space between the earth and the heavens). Dyuloka (or
heaven) came into existence from His head. The bhumi
(the earth) evolved out of His feet, and deek (or spacial directions) from His ears. Similarly (the demigods)
produced the worlds (too).
16)
I know (through intuitive experience) this great Purusa
(the Supreme Being), the wise one, who, having created the various forms and
the nomenclatures (for those forms), deals with them by those names, and who is
beyond darkness and is brilliant like the sun.
17)
In the ancient days, Prajapati (Brahma) praised Him. Indra who knows all the four quarters also spoke about Him.
Anyone who knows Him thus, will become immortal even in this life. For
attaining liberation there is no other path (than knowledge of this Purusa, the Supreme Lord).
18)
The (demi)gods worshiped (the Supreme Creator in the
form of) yajna through yajna
(sacrifical ceremonies). Those very processes became
the primary dharmas (laws guiding humanity). Those
great ones attain that heaven where the ancient devas
(demigods) and sadhyas live.
19)
The ViratPurusa manifested Himself from out of (the
all-pervading) water as also the essence of the element of earth. This ViratPurusa was born out of the greatness of the ParamaPurusa, the Creator. The (ParamaPurusa,
known as) Tvashta engaged Himself in the act of
creating (the fourteen planetary systems), (which form of the expanded) figure
(of the ViratPurusa). (Thus) the entire creation
(related to the ViratPurusa) came into existence in
the very beginning of creation.
20)
I have known that great Purusa (Supreme Being) who is
brilliant like the sun and who is beyond all darkness. One who knows Him thus
becomes immortal (even) here. There is no other path for liberation than this.
21)
Prajapati (the Supreme Creator) moves inside the
cosmic womb. (Though) unborn He takes birth in a variety of ways. The wise ones
know His (real nature) as the origin (of the universe). The (secondary)
creators desire to attain the positions of Marichi
and others.
22)
Obeisances to Him, the self-luminous Brahman, who
shines for the (demi)gods, who is the leader of the
rituals of the gods and who was born even before the gods.
23)
In the beginning of creation, the gods, manifesting the light of Brahman,
addressed Brahman thus: "That brahmana who
realizes (You) thus, all the gods will come under his control."
24)
O Purusa! The goddesses Hri
(modesty) and Sri (Lakshmi, wealth) are Your
consorts. Day and night are Your lateral limbs. The stars are Your form. The Ashvins are your widely opened (mouth). (O Purusa) fulfill our desire for self-knowledge as also our
desire for the enjoyments of this world (like longevity, cows, and horses).
Give us all that we need.
REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:
This was originally sung by Lord Brahma. This prayer
is very dear to Lord Krsna.
This song was sung in the album “Harmony of Space.”
Bhakti Vidya
Purna Swami sang this song along with the Mayapuri Gurukula students in a
released recording.
UPDATED: July 4, 2009