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        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
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        "text": "1. A THOUSAND heads hath Purusa, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-90:3",
        "text": "On every side pervading earth he fills a space ten fingers wide."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-90:4",
        "text": "2. This Purusa is all that yet hath been and all that is to be;"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-90:5",
        "text": "The Lord of Immortality which waxes greater still by food."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-90:6",
        "text": "3. So mighty is his greatness; yea, greater than this is Purusa."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-90:7",
        "text": "All creatures are one-fourth of him, three-fourths eternal life in heaven."
      },{
        "n": 8,
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        "text": "4. With three-fourths Purusa went up: one fourth of him again was here."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-90:9",
        "text": "Thence he strode out to every side over what"
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-90:10",
        "text": "not and what"
      },{
        "n": 11,
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        "text": "5. From him Viraj was born; again Purusa from Viraj was born."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-90:12",
        "text": "As soon as he was born he spread eastward and westward o'er the earth."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-90:13",
        "text": "6. When Gods prepared the sacrifice with Purusa as their offering,"
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-90:14",
        "text": "Its oil was spring, the holy gift was autumn; summer was the wood."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-90:15",
        "text": "7. They balmed as victim on the grass Purusa born in earliest time."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "RV10-90:16",
        "text": "With him the Deities and all Sadhyas and Rsis sacrificed."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "RV10-90:17",
        "text": "8. From that great general sacrifice the dripping fat was gathered up."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "RV10-90:18",
        "text": "He formed the creatures of-the air, and animals both wild and tame."
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        "n": 19,
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        "text": "9. From that great general sacrifice Rcas and Sama-hymns were born:"
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "RV10-90:20",
        "text": "Therefrom were spells and charms produced; the Yajus had its birth from it."
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        "n": 21,
        "refId": "RV10-90:21",
        "text": "10. From it were horses born, from it all cattle with two rows of teeth:"
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "RV10-90:22",
        "text": "From it were generated kine, from it the goats and sheep were born."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "RV10-90:23",
        "text": "11. When they divided Purusa how many portions did they make?"
      },{
        "n": 24,
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        "text": "What do they call his mouth, his arms? What do they call his thighs and feet?"
      },{
        "n": 25,
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        "text": "12. The Brahman was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rajanya made."
      },{
        "n": 26,
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        "text": "His thighs became the Vaisya, from his feet the Sudra was produced."
      },{
        "n": 27,
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        "text": "13. The Moon was gendered from his mind, and from his eye the Sun had birth;"
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "RV10-90:28",
        "text": "Indra and Agni from his mouth were born, and Vayu from his breath."
      },{
        "n": 29,
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        "text": "14. Forth from his navel came mid-air the sky was fashioned from his head"
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "RV10-90:30",
        "text": "Earth from his feet, and from his car the regions. Thus they formed the worlds."
      },{
        "n": 31,
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        "text": "15. Seven fencing-sticks had he, thrice seven layers of fuel were prepared,"
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "RV10-90:32",
        "text": "When the Gods, offering sacrifice, bound, as their victim, Purusa."
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "RV10-90:33",
        "text": "16. Gods, sacrificing, sacrificed the victim these were the earliest holy ordinances."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "RV10-90:34",
        "text": "The Mighty Ones attained the height of heaven, there where the Sidhyas, Gods of old, are dwelling."
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