Taṁ yajaṁ barhiṣi praukśan puruṣaṁ jātamagrataḥ, Vasanto asyāsīdājyam grīṣma idhmaḥ śaraddhaviḥ. Having manifested Himself, He appeared as all diversity, and then as this earth and this body. From That (Supreme Being) did the Cosmic Body (Virat) originate, and in this Cosmic Body did the Omnipresent Intelligence manifest itself. Then He pervaded (everything) universally, the conscious as well as the unconscious. That, Three-footed (Immortal) Purusha stood above transcending (all things), and His one foot was this (world of becoming).
Sa jāto atyaricyata paścādbhūmimatho puraḥ. Tripādūrdhva udaitpuruṣaḥ pādo'syehābhavātpunaḥ, One-fourth of Him all beings are, (while) three-fourth of Him rises above as the Immortal Being. Such is His Glory but greater still is the Purusha. He is the Lord of Immortality, for He transcends all in His Form as food (the universe). Pādo'sya viśvā bhūtāni tripādasyā'mṛtaṁ divi.Īll this (manifestation) is the Purusha alone-whatever was and whatever will be.
Puruṣa evedaṁ sarvaṁ yad bhūtaṁ yacca bhavyam, The word ‘ten' is also said to mean ‘infinity', as numbers are only up to nine and what is above is regarded as numberless. ‘ Dasangulam' is interpreted as ten fingers' length, in which case it is said to refer to the distance of the heart from the navel, the former having been accepted as the seat of the Atma and the latter symbolic of the root of manifestation. The word ‘earth' is to be understood in the sense of all creation. Here the transcendent totality of all creation is conceived as the Cosmic Person, the Universal Consciousness animating all manifestation. Note:-This is the first mantra of the famous Purusha Sukta of the Veda. Enveloping the earth from all sides, He transcends it by ten fingers' length. Thousand-headed is the Purusha, thousand-eyed and thousand-legged. Sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvātyatiṣṭad daśāgulam.
Ōm sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt,
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