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Chapter 31: the Puruṣa hymn

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सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिꣳ सर्वत स्पृत्वात्य् अतिष्ठद् दशाङ्गुलम् ॥

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sa bhūmim̐ sarvata spṛtvāty atiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam ||

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

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.

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

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)