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Hymn 10.90 of the Rigveda (Purusha sukta), verses 1 and 2 with commentary, page of Rig-Veda-sanhita, the Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans by Friedrich Max Müller (ed.), London, (1849-75, 1974 reprint).

1a sahásraśīrṣā púruṣaḥ sahasrākṣáḥ sahásrapāt

c sá bhûmiṃ viśváto vṛtvâty atiṣṭhad daśāṅgulám

a sahásraśīrṣā púruṣaḥ b sahasrākṣáḥ sahásrapāt

c sá bhûmim viśvátaḥ vṛtvâ d áti atiṣṭhat daśāṅgulám

"A thousand heads hath Purusa, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet.

On every side pervading earth he fills a space ten fingers wide."

2a púruṣa evédáṃ sárvaṃ yád bhūtáṃ yác ca bhávyam

c utâmṛtatvásyéśāno yád ánnenātiróhati

a púruṣaḥ evá idám sárvam b yát bhūtám yát ca bhávyam

c utá amṛtatvásya îśānaḥ d yát ánnena atiróhati

"This Purusa is all that yet hath been and all that is to be;

The Lord of Immortality which waxes greater still by food."

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