Purusha Suktam
shanti patha
ॐ तच्छं योरावृणीमहे । गातुं यज्ञाय । गातुं यज्ञपतये । दैवी स्वस्तिरस्तु नः ।
Oṃ tacchaṃ yorāvṛṇīmahe | gātuṃ yajñāya | gātuṃ yajñapataye | daivī svastirastu naḥ |
स्वस्तिर्मानुषेभ्यः । ऊर्ध्वं जिगातु भेषजम् । शन्नो अस्तु द्विपदे । शं चतुष्पदे ।
Svastirmānuṣebhyaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ jigātu bheṣajam | śanno astu dvipade | śaṃ catuṣpade |
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ।
Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ |
Meaning
Om. That peace and that freedom from harm we choose. Free course for the sacrifice. Free course for the lord of the sacrifice. May divine well-being be ours.
Well-being for all human beings. May the healing herb rise upward. May there be peace for our two-footed, and peace for the four-footed.
Om. Peace, peace, peace.
verse 1
हरिः ॐ ।
Hariḥ oṃ |
ॐ सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः । सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् ।
Oṃ sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ | sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt |
स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वा । अत्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम्
Sa bhūmiṃ viśvato vṛtvā | atyatiṣṭhaddaśāṅgulam
Meaning
Hari Om.
Om. The Purusha has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet.
Covering the earth on every side, He stood beyond it by ten fingers' breadth.
verse 2
पुरुष एवेदं सर्वम् । यद्भूतं यच्च भव्यम् ।
Puruṣa evedaṃ sarvam | yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhavyam |
उतामृतत्वस्येशानः । यदन्नेनातिरोहति
Utāmṛtatvasyeśānaḥ | yadannenātirohati
Meaning
The Purusha alone is all this: what has been and what is yet to be.
And He is the lord of immortality, and of all that grows by food.
verse 3
एतावानस्य महिमा । अतो ज्यायांश्च पूरुषः ।
Etāvānasya mahimā | ato jyāyāṃśca pūruṣaḥ |
पादोऽस्य विश्वा भूतानि । त्रिपादस्यामृतं दिवि
Pādo'sya viśvā bhūtāni | tripādasyāmṛtaṃ divi
Meaning
Such is His greatness, and the Purusha is greater still than this.
A quarter of Him is all these beings; three quarters of Him are the immortal in heaven.
verse 4
त्रिपादूर्ध्व उदैत्पुरुषः । पादोऽस्येहाभवात्पुनः ।
Tripādūrdhva udaitpuruṣaḥ | pādo'syehābhavātpunaḥ |
ततो विश्वङ्व्यक्रामत् । साशनानशने अभि
Tato viśvaṅvyakrāmat | sāśanānaśane abhi
Meaning
With three quarters the Purusha rose upward; one quarter of Him came to be here again.
From there He spread out in every direction, over what eats and what does not eat.
verse 5
तस्माद्विराडजायत । विराजो अधि पूरुषः ।
Tasmādvirāḍajāyata | virājo adhi pūruṣaḥ |
स जातो अत्यरिच्यत । पश्चाद्भूमिमथो पुरः
Sa jāto atyaricyata | paścādbhūmimatho puraḥ
Meaning
From Him Viraj was born; and from Viraj, the Purusha.
Once born, He reached beyond, behind the earth and then in front of it.
verse 6
यत्पुरुषेण हविषा । देवा यज्ञमतन्वत ।
Yatpuruṣeṇa haviṣā | devā yajñamatanvata |
वसन्तो अस्यासीदाज्यम् । ग्रीष्म इध्मः शरद्धविः
Vasanto asyāsīdājyam | grīṣma idhmaḥ śaraddhaviḥ
Meaning
When the gods spread out the sacrifice with the Purusha as the oblation,
spring was its clarified butter, summer the firewood, autumn the oblation.
verse 7
सप्तास्यासन्परिधयः । त्रिः सप्त समिधः कृताः ।
Saptāsyāsanparidhayaḥ | triḥ sapta samidhaḥ kṛtāḥ |
देवा यद्यज्ञं तन्वानाः । अबध्नन्पुरुषं पशुम्
Devā yadyajñaṃ tanvānāḥ | abadhnanpuruṣaṃ paśum
Meaning
Seven were its enclosing sticks; thrice seven the kindling sticks were made.
when the gods, spreading out the sacrifice, bound the Purusha as the victim.
verse 8
तं यज्ञं बर्हिषि प्रौक्षन् । पुरुषं जातमग्रतः ।
Taṃ yajñaṃ barhiṣi praukṣan | puruṣaṃ jātamagrataḥ |
तेन देवा अयजन्त । साध्या ऋषयश्च ये
Tena devā ayajanta | sādhyā ṛṣayaśca ye
Meaning
They sprinkled that sacrifice upon the sacred grass: the Purusha, born at the beginning.
With Him the gods performed the sacrifice, and the Sadhyas and the rishis too.
verse 9
तस्माद्यज्ञात्सर्वहुतः । संभृतं पृषदाज्यम् ।
Tasmādyajñātsarvahutaḥ | saṃbhṛtaṃ pṛṣadājyam |
पशूंस्तांश्चक्रे वायव्यान् । आरण्यान्ग्राम्याश्च ये
Paśūṃstāṃścakre vāyavyān | āraṇyāngrāmyāśca ye
Meaning
From that sacrifice, wholly offered, the curdled butter was gathered.
He made those animals: the ones of the air, and those of the forest and of the village.
verse 10
तस्माद्यज्ञात्सर्वहुतः । ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे ।
Tasmādyajñātsarvahutaḥ | ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire |
छन्दांसि जज्ञिरे तस्मात् । यजुस्तस्मादजायत
Chandāṃsi jajñire tasmāt | yajustasmādajāyata
Meaning
From that sacrifice, wholly offered, the Rik verses and the Saman chants were born.
The metres were born from it, and from it the Yajus arose.
verse 11
तस्मादश्वा अजायन्त । ये के चोभयादतः ।
Tasmādaśvā ajāyanta | ye ke cobhayādataḥ |
गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात् । तस्माज्जाता अजावयः
Gāvo ha jajñire tasmāt | tasmājjātā ajāvayaḥ
Meaning
From it horses were born, and all creatures with teeth in both jaws.
Cows were born from it, and from it were born goats and sheep.
verse 12
यत्पुरुषं व्यदधुः । कतिधा व्यकल्पयन् ।
Yatpuruṣaṃ vyadadhuḥ | katidhā vyakalpayan |
मुखं किमस्य कौ बाहू । कावूरू पादावुच्येते
Mukhaṃ kimasya kau bāhū | kāvūrū pādāvucyete
Meaning
When they apportioned the Purusha, into how many parts did they arrange Him?
What became His mouth, what His two arms? What are called His thighs and His feet?
verse 13
ब्राह्मणोऽस्य मुखमासीत् । बाहू राजन्यः कृतः ।
Brāhmaṇo'sya mukhamāsīt | bāhū rājanyaḥ kṛtaḥ |
ऊरू तदस्य यद्वैश्यः । पद्भ्यां शूद्रो अजायत
Ūrū tadasya yadvaiśyaḥ | padbhyāṃ śūdro ajāyata
Meaning
The brahmana was His mouth; the rajanya was made His arms;
what was the vaishya, that was His thighs; from His feet the shudra was born.
verse 14
चन्द्रमा मनसो जातः । चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत ।
Candramā manaso jātaḥ | cakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata |
मुखादिन्द्रश्चाग्निश्च । प्राणाद्वायुरजायत
Mukhādindraścāgniśca | prāṇādvāyurajāyata
Meaning
The moon was born from His mind; from His eye the sun arose;
from His mouth came Indra and Agni; from His breath Vayu arose.
verse 15
नाभ्या आसीदन्तरिक्षम् । शीर्ष्णो द्यौः समवर्तत ।
Nābhyā āsīdantarikṣam | śīrṣṇo dyauḥ samavartata |
पद्भ्यां भूमिर्दिशः श्रोत्रात् । तथा लोकां अकल्पयन्
Padbhyāṃ bhūmirdiśaḥ śrotrāt | tathā lokāṃ akalpayan
Meaning
From His navel came the mid-air; from His head the sky came into being;
from His feet the earth, from His ear the directions: thus they fashioned the worlds.
verse 16
वेदाहमेतं पुरुषं महान्तम् । आदित्यवर्णं तमसस्तु पारे ।
Vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam | ādityavarṇaṃ tamasastu pāre |
सर्वाणि रूपाणि विचित्य धीरः । नामानि कृत्वाऽभिवदन् यदास्ते
Sarvāṇi rūpāṇi vicitya dhīraḥ | nāmāni kṛtvā'bhivadan yadāste
Meaning
I know this great Purusha, sun-coloured, on the far side of darkness.
The steadfast one, having sorted out all forms and made their names, sits uttering them.
verse 17
धाता पुरस्ताद्यमुदाजहार । शक्रः प्रविद्वान्प्रदिशश्चतस्रः ।
Dhātā purastādyamudājahāra | śakraḥ pravidvānpradiśaścatasraḥ |
तमेवं विद्वानमृत इह भवति । नान्यः पन्था अयनाय विद्यते
Tamevaṃ vidvānamṛta iha bhavati | nānyaḥ panthā ayanāya vidyate
Meaning
whom Dhata declared of old, and whom Shakra, knowing well, proclaimed to the four quarters.
One who knows Him so becomes immortal here and now; there is no other road for the journey.
verse 18
यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवाः । तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्यासन् ।
Yajñena yajñamayajanta devāḥ | tāni dharmāṇi prathamānyāsan |
ते ह नाकं महिमानः सचन्ते । यत्र पूर्वे साध्याः सन्ति देवाः
Te ha nākaṃ mahimānaḥ sacante | yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ
Meaning
By the sacrifice the gods sacrificed to the sacrifice: those were the first ordinances.
Those greatnesses reach the vault of heaven, where the ancient Sadhyas, the gods, abide.
uttaranarayanam/shanti patha
ॐ नमो नारायणाय
Oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya
Meaning
Om, salutation to Narayana.
verse 1
अद्भ्यः सम्भूतः पृथिव्यै रसाच्च । विश्वकर्मणः समवर्तताधि ।
Adbhyaḥ sambhūtaḥ pṛthivyai rasācca | viśvakarmaṇaḥ samavartatādhi |
तस्य त्वष्टा विदधद्रूपमेति । तत्पुरुषस्य विश्वमाजानमग्रे
Tasya tvaṣṭā vidadhadrūpameti | tatpuruṣasya viśvamājānamagre
Meaning
Arisen from the waters and from the essence of the earth, He came into being from Vishvakarman.
Tvashta comes to shape His form: that was the whole birth of the Purusha at the beginning.
verse 2
वेदाहमेतं पुरुषं महान्तम् । आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् ।
Vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam | ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt |
तमेवं विद्वानमृत इह भवति । नान्यः पन्था विद्यतेयनाय
Tamevaṃ vidvānamṛta iha bhavati | nānyaḥ panthā vidyateyanāya
Meaning
I know this great Purusha, sun-coloured, beyond the darkness.
One who knows Him so becomes immortal here and now; there is no other road for the journey.
verse 3
प्रजापतिश्चरति गर्भे अन्तः । अजायमानो बहुधा विजायते ।
Prajāpatiścarati garbhe antaḥ | ajāyamāno bahudhā vijāyate |
तस्य धीराः परिजानन्ति योनिम् । मरीचीनां पदमिच्छन्ति वेधसः
Tasya dhīrāḥ parijānanti yonim | marīcīnāṃ padamicchanti vedhasaḥ
Meaning
Prajapati moves within the womb; unborn, He is born in many ways.
The steadfast discern His source; the makers of the worlds long for the station of the rays of light.
verse 4
यो देवेभ्य आतपति । यो देवानां पुरोहितः ।
Yo devebhya ātapati | yo devānāṃ purohitaḥ |
पूर्वो यो देवेभ्यो जातः । नमो रुचाय ब्राह्मये
Pūrvo yo devebhyo jātaḥ | namo rucāya brāhmaye
Meaning
He who shines upon the gods, who is the priest of the gods,
who was born before the gods: salutation to that radiance, to that which is Brahman.
verse 5
रुचं ब्राह्मं जनयन्तः । देवा अग्रे तदब्रुवन् ।
Rucaṃ brāhmaṃ janayantaḥ | devā agre tadabruvan |
यस्त्वैवं ब्राह्मणो विद्यात् । तस्य देवा असन् वशे
Yastvaivaṃ brāhmaṇo vidyāt | tasya devā asan vaśe
Meaning
Bringing forth that radiance which is Brahman, the gods said this at the beginning:
whoever knows the Brahman in this way, the gods are at his command.
verse 6
ह्रीश्च ते लक्ष्मीश्च पत्न्यौ । अहोरात्रे पार्श्वे ।
Hrīśca te lakṣmīśca patnyau | ahorātre pārśve |
नक्षत्राणि रूपम् । अश्विनौ व्यात्तम् । इष्टं मनिषाण ।
Nakṣatrāṇi rūpam | aśvinau vyāttam | iṣṭaṃ maniṣāṇa |
अमुं मनिषाण । सर्वं मनिषाण
Amuṃ maniṣāṇa | sarvaṃ maniṣāṇa
Meaning
Hri and Lakshmi are Your two consorts; day and night are Your sides;
the constellations are Your form; the Ashvins Your open mouth. Grant what is desired,
grant that yonder, grant all.
uttaranarayanam/shanti patha
ॐ तच्छं योरावृणीमहे । गातुं यज्ञाय । गातुं यज्ञपतये । दैवी स्वस्तिरस्तु नः ।
Oṃ tacchaṃ yorāvṛṇīmahe | gātuṃ yajñāya | gātuṃ yajñapataye | daivī svastirastu naḥ |
स्वस्तिर्मानुषेभ्यः । ऊर्ध्वं जिगातु भेषजम् । शन्नो अस्तु द्विपदे । शं चतुष्पदे ।
Svastirmānuṣebhyaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ jigātu bheṣajam | śanno astu dvipade | śaṃ catuṣpade |
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ।
Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ |
Meaning
Om. That peace and that freedom from harm we choose. Free course for the sacrifice. Free course for the lord of the sacrifice. May divine well-being be ours.
Well-being for all human beings. May the healing herb rise upward. May there be peace for our two-footed, and peace for the four-footed.
Om. Peace, peace, peace.
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