Rig Veda · 10.90.14

Rig Veda 10.90.14 — Puruṣa

Verse 14 of 16 from Sukta 10.90 (Puruṣa) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.90.14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नाभ्या आसीदन्तरिक्षं शीर्ष्णो दयौः समवर्तत | पद्भ्यां भूमिर्दिशः शरोत्रात तथा लोकानकल्पयन

IAST Romanisation

nābhyā āsīdantarikṣaṃ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ samavartata | padbhyāṃ bhūmirdiśaḥ śrotrāt tathā lokānakalpayan

English Translation (Griffith)

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.

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