સહસ્રશીર્ષા પુરુષઃસહસ્રાક્ષઃસહસ્રપાત્ ।
સ ભૂમિ સર્વતઃ સ્પૃત્વાઽત્યતિષ્ઠદ્દશાઙ્ગુલમ્ ॥1॥
The Purusha has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. He pervaded the Earth on all sides and extended beyond it by a space of ten fingers.
પુરુષઽએવેદં સર્વ યદ્ભૂતં યચ્ચ ભાવ્યમ્।
ઉતામૃતત્વસ્યેશાનો યદન્નેનાતિરોહતિ ॥2॥
The Purusha alone is all this—what has been and what is to be. He is also the Lord of immortality, and of that which grows beyond through food.
એતાવાનસ્ય મહિમાતો જ્યાયાઁશ્ચ પૂરુષઃ ।
પાદોઽસ્ય વિશ્વા ભૂતાનિ ત્રિપાદસ્યામૃતં દિવિ ॥3॥
Such is His greatness; and the Purusha is even greater than this. All beings are but one-quarter of Him, while three-quarters of Him are the immortal in the transcendent realm.
ત્રિપાદૂધ્ર્વ ઉદૈત્પુરુષઃપાદોઽસ્યેહાભવત્પુનઃ ।
તતો વિષ્વઙ્ વ્યક્રામત્સાશનાનશનેઽઅભિ ॥4॥
With three-quarters, the Purusha rose upwards; one-quarter of Him was again here. Thence, He spread out pervading all that eats and all that eats not (the animate and inanimate).
તતો વિરાડજાયત વિરાજોઽઅધિ પૂરુષઃ ।
સ જાતોઽઅત્યરિચ્યત પશ્ચાદ્ભૂમિમથો પુરઃ ॥5॥
From Him, Viraj (the cosmic egg) was born; from Viraj, the Purusha (manifested again). He, having been born, extended beyond the earth, both behind and in front.
તસ્માદ્યજ્ઞાત્સર્વહુતઃ સમ્ભૃતં પૃષદાજ્યમ્ ।
પશૂઁસ્તાઁશ્ચક્રે વાયવ્યાનારણ્યા ગ્રામ્યાશ્ચ યે ॥6॥
From that sacrifice, in which everything was offered, variegated ghee (or curds and ghee) was produced. He then created animals: those of the air, those of the forest, and those of the village.
તસ્માદ્યજ્ઞાત્ સર્વહુતઽઋચઃ સામાનિ જજ્ઞિરે ।
છન્દાઁસિ જજ્ઞિરે તસ્માદ્યજુસ્તસ્માદજાયત ॥7॥
From that all-encompassing sacrifice, the Rig Veda hymns and Sama Veda chants were born. From that, the meters (of the Vedas) were born; from that, the Yajur Veda was born.
તસ્માદશ્વાઽઅજાયન્ત યે કે ચોભયાદતઃ ।
ગાવો હ જજ્ઞિરે તસ્માત્તસ્માજ્જાતાઽઅજાવયઃ ॥8॥
From that, horses were born, and all creatures with two rows of teeth. From that, indeed, cows were born; from that, goats and sheep were born.
તં યજ્ઞં બર્હિષિ પ્રૌક્ષન્ પૂરુષં જાતમગ્રતઃ ।
તેન દેવાઽઅયજન્ત સાધ્યાઽઋષયશ્ચ યે ॥9॥
They consecrated the Purusha, who was born at the beginning, as the sacrificial victim on the sacred grass. With Him, the Devas (gods), the Sadhyas, and the Rishis (sages) sacrificed.
યત્પુરુષં વ્યદધુઃ કતિધા વ્યકલ્પયન્ ।
મુખં કિમસ્યાસીત્ કિં બાહૂ કિમૂરૂ પાદાઽઉચ્યેતે ॥10॥
When they dismembered the Purusha, into how many parts did they divide Him? What was His mouth? What were His arms? What were His thighs? What were His feet called?
બ્રાહ્મણોઽસ્ય મુખમાસીદ્ બાહૂ રાજન્યઃ કૃતઃ ।
ઊરૂ તદસ્ય યદ્વૈશ્યઃ પદ્ભ્યાં શૂદ્રોઽઅજાયત ॥11॥
The Brahmana was His mouth; His arms were made the Kshatriya; His thighs were the Vaishya; from His feet, the Shudra was born.
ચન્દ્રમા મનસો જાતશ્ચક્ષોઃ સૂર્યો અજાયત ।
શ્રોત્રાદ્વાયુશ્ચ પ્રાણશ્ચ મુખાદગ્નિરજાયત ॥12॥
The Moon was born from His mind; from His eye, the Sun was born. From His ear, Vayu (wind) and Prana (life-breath) were born; from His mouth, Agni (fire) was born.
નાભ્યાઽઆસીદન્તરિક્ષ શીષ્ણોર્દ્યૌઃ સમવર્તત ।
પદ્ભ્યાં ભૂમિર્દિશઃ શ્રોત્રાત્તથા લોકાઁર્ઽઅકલ્પયન્ ॥13॥
From His navel came the mid-region; from His head, the sky evolved. From His feet, the earth and the directions (came) from His ear. Thus, they fashioned the worlds.
યત્પુરુષેણ હવિષા દેવા યજ્ઞમતન્વત ।
વસન્તોઽસ્યાસીદાજ્યં ગ્રીષ્મઽઇધ્મઃ શરદ્ધવિઃ ॥14॥
When the Devas performed the sacrifice with Purusha as the offering, spring was its clarified butter, summer its fuel, and autumn its oblation.
સપ્તાસ્યાસન્ પરિધયસ્ત્રિઃ સપ્તઃ સમિધઃ કૃતાઃ ।
દેવા યદ્યજ્ઞં તન્વાનાઽઅબધ્નન્ પુરુષં પશુમ્ ॥15॥
Seven were its enclosing sticks; thrice seven (twenty-one) were made the fuel sticks, when the Devas, performing the sacrifice, bound the Purusha as the sacrificial animal.
યજ્ઞેન યજ્ઞમયજન્ત દેવાસ્તાનિ ધર્માણિ પ્રથમાન્યાસન્ ।
તે હ નાકં મહિમાનઃ સચન્ત યત્ર પૂર્વે સાધ્યાઃ સન્તિ દેવાઃ ॥16॥
By sacrifice, the Devas sacrificed to the Sacrifice (Purusha). These were the first ordinances. These great beings attained the heaven where the ancient Sadhyas, the Devas, dwell.
॥ ઇતિ પુરુષ સૂક્તમ સંપૂર્ણ ॥
Thus ends the Purusha Suktam completely.