Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.6
सहस्रबाहुः पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वात्य् अतिष्ठद् दशाङ्गुलम् ॥१॥
sahasrabāhuḥ puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sa bhūmiṃ viśvato vṛtvāty atiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam ||1||
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.
त्रिभिः पद्भिर् द्याम् अरोहत् पाद् अस्येहाभवत् पुनः । तथा व्य् अक्रामद् विष्वङ् अशनानशने अनु ॥२॥
tribhiḥ padbhir dyām arohat pād asyehābhavat punaḥ | tathā vy akrāmad viṣvaṅ aśanānaśane anu ||2||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
तावन्तो अस्य महिमानस् ततो ज्यायांश् च पूरुषः । पादो ऽस्य विश्वा भूतानि त्रिपाद् अस्यामृतं दिवि ॥३॥
tāvanto asya mahimānas tato jyāyāṃś ca pūruṣaḥ | pādo 'sya viśvā bhūtāni tripād asyāmṛtaṃ divi ||3||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद् भूतं यच् च भाव्यम् । उतामृतत्वस्येश्वरो यद् अन्येनाभवत् सह ॥४॥
puruṣa evedaṃ sarvaṃ yad bhūtaṃ yac ca bhāvyam | utāmṛtatvasyeśvaro yad anyenābhavat saha ||4||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यत् पुरुषं व्य् अदधुः कतिधा व्य् अकल्पयन् । मुखं किम् अस्य किम् बाहू किम् ऊरू पादा उच्यते ॥५॥
yat puruṣaṃ vy adadhuḥ katidhā vy akalpayan | mukhaṃ kim asya kim bāhū kim ūrū pādā ucyate ||5||
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?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.11; the wording of this text may differ in places.
ब्राह्मणो ऽस्य मुखम् आसीद् बाहू राजन्यो ऽभवत् । मध्यं तद् अस्य यद् वैश्यः पद्भ्यां शूद्रो अजायत ॥६॥
brāhmaṇo 'sya mukham āsīd bāhū rājanyo 'bhavat | madhyaṃ tad asya yad vaiśyaḥ padbhyāṃ śūdro ajāyata ||6||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
चन्द्रमा मनसो जातश् चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत । मुखाद् इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च प्राणाद् वायुर् अजायत ॥७॥
candramā manaso jātaś cakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata | mukhād indraś cāgniś ca prāṇād vāyur ajāyata ||7||
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.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.13; the wording of this text may differ in places.
नाभ्या आसीद् अन्तरिक्षं शीर्ष्णो द्यौः सम् अवर्तत । पद्भ्यां भूमिर् दिशः श्रोत्रात् तथा लोकां अकल्पयन् ॥८॥
nābhyā āsīd antarikṣaṃ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ sam avartata | padbhyāṃ bhūmir diśaḥ śrotrāt tathā lokāṃ akalpayan ||8||
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.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.14; the wording of this text may differ in places.
विराड् अग्रे सम् अभवद् विराजो अधि पूरुषः । स जातो अत्य् अरिच्यत पश्चाद् भूमिम् अथो पुरः ॥९॥
virāḍ agre sam abhavad virājo adhi pūruṣaḥ | sa jāto aty aricyata paścād bhūmim atho puraḥ ||9||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यत् पुरुषेण हविषा देवा यज्ञम् अतन्वत । वसन्तो अस्यासीद् आज्यं ग्रीष्म इध्मः शरद् धविः ॥१०॥
yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñam atanvata | vasanto asyāsīd ājyaṃ grīṣma idhmaḥ śarad dhaviḥ ||10||
When Gods prepared the sacrifice with Purusa as their offering, Its oil was spring, the holy gift was autumn; summer was the wood.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.6; the wording of this text may differ in places.
तं यज्ञं प्रावृषा प्रौक्षन् पुरुषं जातम् अग्रशः । तेन देवा अयजन्त साध्या वसवश् च ये ॥११॥
taṃ yajñaṃ prāvṛṣā praukṣan puruṣaṃ jātam agraśaḥ | tena devā ayajanta sādhyā vasavaś ca ye ||11||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
तस्माद् अश्वा अजायन्त ये च के चोभयादतः । गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात् तस्माज् जाता अजावयः ॥१२॥
tasmād aśvā ajāyanta ye ca ke cobhayādataḥ | gāvo ha jajñire tasmāt tasmāj jātā ajāvayaḥ ||12||
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.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.10; the wording of this text may differ in places.
तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुत ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे । छन्दो ह जज्ञिरे तस्माद् यजुस् तस्माद् अजायत ॥१३॥
tasmād yajñāt sarvahuta ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire | chando ha jajñire tasmād yajus tasmād ajāyata ||13||
From that great general sacrifice Rcas and Sama-hymns were born: Therefrom were spells and charms produced; the Yajus had its birth from it.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.9; the wording of this text may differ in places.
तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुतः संभृतं पृषदाज्यम् । पशूंस् तांश् चक्रे वायव्यान् आरण्या ग्राम्याश् च ये ॥१४॥
tasmād yajñāt sarvahutaḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ pṛṣadājyam | paśūṃs tāṃś cakre vāyavyān āraṇyā grāmyāś ca ye ||14||
From that great general sacrifice the dripping fat was gathered up. He formed the creatures of-the air, and animals both wild and tame.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.8; the wording of this text may differ in places.
सप्तास्यासन् परिधयस् त्रिः सप्त समिधः कृताः । देवा यद् यज्ञं तन्वाना अबध्नन् पुरुषं पशुम् ॥१५॥
saptāsyāsan paridhayas triḥ sapta samidhaḥ kṛtāḥ | devā yad yajñaṃ tanvānā abadhnan puruṣaṃ paśum ||15||
Seven fencing-sticks had he, thrice seven layers of fuel were prepared, When the Gods, offering sacrifice, bound, as their victim, Purusa.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.15; the wording of this text may differ in places.
मूर्ध्नो देवस्य बृहतो अंशवः सप्त सप्ततीः । राज्ञः सोमस्याजायन्त जातस्य पुरुषाद् अधि ॥१६॥
mūrdhno devasya bṛhato aṃśavaḥ sapta saptatīḥ | rājñaḥ somasyājāyanta jātasya puruṣād adhi ||16||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.