Rig Veda · 10.90.4

Rig Veda 10.90.4 — Puruṣa

Verse 4 of 16 from Sukta 10.90 (Puruṣa) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.90.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तरिपादूर्ध्व उदैत पुरुषः पादो.अस्येहाभवत पुनः | ततो विष्वं वयक्रामत साशनानशने अभि

IAST Romanisation

tripādūrdhva udait puruṣaḥ pādo.asyehābhavat punaḥ | tato viṣvaṃ vyakrāmat sāśanānaśane abhi

English Translation (Griffith)

With three-fourths Puruṣa went up: one-fourth of him again was here. Thence he strode out to every side over what cats not and what cats.

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