पुरुषसूक्तम्
oṃ sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sa bhūmigṃ sarvata spṛtvā'tyatiṣṭhaddaśāṅgulam || 1 ||
puruṣa evedagṃ sarvaṃ yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhāvyam | utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yadannenātirohati || 2 ||
etāvānasya mahimāto jyāyām̐śca pūruṣaḥ | pādo'sya viśvā bhūtāni tripādasyāmṛtaṃ divi || 3 ||
tripādūrdhva udaitpuruṣaḥ pādo'syehābhavat punaḥ | tato viṣvaṅ vyakrāmatsāśanānaśane abhi || 4 ||
tato virāḍajāyata virājo adhi pūruṣaḥ | sa jāto atyaricyata paścādbhūmimatho puraḥ || 5 ||
tasmādyajñāt sarvahutaḥ sambhṛtaṃ pṛṣadājyam | paśūgṃstām̐ścakre vāyavyānāraṇyā grāmyāśca ye || 6 ||
tasmādyajñāt sarvahuta ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire | chandāgṃsi jajñire tasmādyajustasmādajāyata || 7 ||
tasmādaśvā ajāyanta ye ke cobhayādataḥ | gāvo ha jajñire tasmāttasmājjātā ajāvayaḥ || 8 ||
taṃ yajñaṃ barhiṣi praukṣan puruṣaṃ jātamagrataḥ | tena devā ayajanta sādhyā ṛṣayaśca ye || 9 ||
yatpuruṣaṃ vyadadhuḥ katidhā vyakalpayan | mukhaṃ kimasyāsīt kiṃ bāhū kimūrū pādā ucyete || 10 ||
brāhmaṇo'sya mukhamāsīdbāhū rājanyaḥ kṛtaḥ | ūrū tadasya yadvaiśyaḥ padbhyāgṃ śūdro ajāyata || 11 ||
candramā manaso jātaścakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata | śrotrādvāyuśca prāṇaśca mukhādagnirajāyata || 12 ||
nābhyā āsīdantarikṣagṃ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ samavartata | padbhyāṃ bhūmirdiśaḥ śrotrāttathā lokām̐2 akalpayan || 13 ||
yatpuruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñamatanvata | vasanto'syāsīdājyaṃ grīṣma idhmaḥ śaraddhaviḥ || 14 ||
saptāsyāsan paridhayastriḥ sapta samidhaḥ kṛtāḥ | devā yadyajñaṃ tanvānā abadhnan puruṣaṃ paśum || 15 ||
yajñena yajñamayajanta devāstāni dharmāṇi prathamānyāsan | te ha nākaṃ mahimānaḥ sacanta yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ || 16 ||
oṃ sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sa bhūmigṃ sarvata spṛtvā'tyatiṣṭhaddaśāṅgulam || 1 ||
puruṣa evedagṃ sarvaṃ yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhāvyam | utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yadannenātirohati || 2 ||
etāvānasya mahimāto jyāyām̐śca pūruṣaḥ | pādo'sya viśvā bhūtāni tripādasyāmṛtaṃ divi || 3 ||
tripādūrdhva udaitpuruṣaḥ pādo'syehābhavat punaḥ | tato viṣvaṅ vyakrāmatsāśanānaśane abhi || 4 ||
tato virāḍajāyata virājo adhi pūruṣaḥ | sa jāto atyaricyata paścādbhūmimatho puraḥ || 5 ||
tasmādyajñāt sarvahutaḥ sambhṛtaṃ pṛṣadājyam | paśūgṃstām̐ścakre vāyavyānāraṇyā grāmyāśca ye || 6 ||
tasmādyajñāt sarvahuta ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire | chandāgṃsi jajñire tasmādyajustasmādajāyata || 7 ||
tasmādaśvā ajāyanta ye ke cobhayādataḥ | gāvo ha jajñire tasmāttasmājjātā ajāvayaḥ || 8 ||
taṃ yajñaṃ barhiṣi praukṣan puruṣaṃ jātamagrataḥ | tena devā ayajanta sādhyā ṛṣayaśca ye || 9 ||
yatpuruṣaṃ vyadadhuḥ katidhā vyakalpayan | mukhaṃ kimasyāsīt kiṃ bāhū kimūrū pādā ucyete || 10 ||
brāhmaṇo'sya mukhamāsīdbāhū rājanyaḥ kṛtaḥ | ūrū tadasya yadvaiśyaḥ padbhyāgṃ śūdro ajāyata || 11 ||
candramā manaso jātaścakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata | śrotrādvāyuśca prāṇaśca mukhādagnirajāyata || 12 ||
nābhyā āsīdantarikṣagṃ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ samavartata | padbhyāṃ bhūmirdiśaḥ śrotrāttathā lokām̐2 akalpayan || 13 ||
yatpuruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñamatanvata | vasanto'syāsīdājyaṃ grīṣma idhmaḥ śaraddhaviḥ || 14 ||
saptāsyāsan paridhayastriḥ sapta samidhaḥ kṛtāḥ | devā yadyajñaṃ tanvānā abadhnan puruṣaṃ paśum || 15 ||
yajñena yajñamayajanta devāstāni dharmāṇi prathamānyāsan | te ha nākaṃ mahimānaḥ sacanta yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ || 16 ||
इस पाठ के बारे में
परिचय
पुरुषसूक्त ऋग्वेदका प्रसिद्ध सूक्त है, जिसमें विराट् पुरुषका वर्णन है । गीताप्रेसके नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाशमें यह श्रीसूक्तके बाद छपा है, और इसके मन्त्र पुस्तककी षोडशोपचार पूजन-विधियोंमें उपचार-क्रमसे प्रयुक्त होते हैं ।
पाठ-भेद
यह पाठ गीताप्रेसके नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाश (पृष्ठ ३०८–३०९) के अनुसार है, और the same edition, printed twice के
internal cross-witness across नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाश से मिलाया गया है ।
- कोई पाठ-भेद नहीं मिला ।
स्रोत 2
- नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाश (गीताप्रेस, गोरखपुर) — पृष्ठ ३०८–३०९
Published text. Transcribed from the scanned pages (leaves 322–323); page confidence HIGH / HIGH. Set with the Vedic anusvāra as a separate hooked glyph (ꣳ, U+A8F3) throughout, as printed. The book prints no colophon for this text; an ornament closes it.
- पुरुषसूक्तम् (the same edition, printed twice) — internal cross-witness across नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाश
Verification source, checked 2026-09-19. No independent digital edition of this text could be located, so the witness used is the book against itself: these mantras are also printed, separately typeset, inside the पूजन sequences of the same volume. Each stanza was searched for a second occurrence elsewhere in the 367-page corpus. 15 of the 16 stanzas occur a second time elsewhere in the book, in an independent typesetting that agrees. The remaining 1 rest on this single printing. The extraction of these pages carries zero uncertainty flags. No divergences.
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