यत् पुरुषं व्य् अदधुः कतिधा व्यकल्पयन् । मुखं किम् अस्य कौ बाहू का ऊरू पादा ऽ उच्येते ॥
yat puruṣaṃ vy adadhuḥ katidhā vyakalpayan | mukhaṃ kim asya kau bāhū kā ūrū pādā ' ucyete ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
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.