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यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 31/ मन्त्र 1
ऋषिः - नारायण ऋषिः
देवता - पुरुषो देवता
छन्दः - निचृदनुष्टुप्
स्वरः - गान्धारः
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स॒हस्र॑शीर्षा॒ पुरु॑षः सहस्रा॒क्षः स॒हस्र॑पात्।स भूमि॑ꣳ स॒र्वत॑ स्पृ॒त्वाऽत्य॑तिष्ठद्दशाङ्गु॒लम्॥१॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठसहस्र॑शी॒र्षेति॑ स॒हस्र॑ऽशीर्षा। पुरु॑षः। स॒ह॒स्रा॒क्ष इति॑ सहस्रऽअ॒क्षः। सहस्र॑पा॒दिति॑ स॒हस्र॑ऽपात् ॥ सः। भूमि॑म्। स॒र्वतः॑ स्पृ॒त्वा। अति॑। अ॒ति॒ष्ठ॒त्। द॒शा॒ङ्गु॒लमिति॑ दशऽअङ्गु॒लम् ॥१ ॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिँ सर्वत स्पृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम्॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
सहस्रशीर्षेति सहस्रऽशीर्षा। पुरुषः। सहस्राक्ष इति सहस्रऽअक्षः। सहस्रपादिति सहस्रऽपात्॥ सः। भूमिम्। सर्वतः स्पृत्वा। अति। अतिष्ठत्। दशाङ्गुलमिति दशऽअङ्गुलम्॥१॥
Translation -
The Cosmic Man has thousands of heads, thousands of eyes, and thousands of feet. Enveloping this whole universe, He exceeds it by ten finger-breadths all around. (1)
Notes -
Puruşa, Man; Cosmic Man; embodied spirit, regarded as soul and origin of the universe; life-giving principle of living beings. Sahasra, सहस्र शब्दो बहुत्ववाची, numerous; thousands; lit erally, a thousand, but is not meant here. Mahidhara gives an interesting argument: Suppose sahasra means a thousand, then the problem will be that He, with a thousand heads and only with a thousand eyes, will have only one eye in one head; that will be an awkward position. It is, therefore, wise to translate it as 'thou sands of heads' etc. Atyatisthat daśangulam, सर्वतः भुवनकोशस्य भूमिं स्पृत्वा दशांगुलं अत्यतिष्ठत्,touching all the surfaces of all the constella tions, stars, planets (ग्रह) the Earth, Mars, Venus etc. and the satellites (उपग्रह), the moon etc. , He exceeds it by ten finger breadths on all sides. Again, the ten finger-breadths is not the exact measure, but denotes only 'much more'. Some translators have imagined that the heart of a man, measures ten finger breadths, and it is in the heart, where He (God) resides. Some have suggested that the heart stands ten fin gers breadths above the navel, therefore the heart is mentioned here. This explanation seems to be unwarranted. The anatomical heart, that stands ten finger breadths above navel, cannot reason ably be considered as the abode of the Supreme God.
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