Mantra 4

Rishi: Puruṣa-sūkta tradition

Devata: Puruṣa / Prajāpati

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्रि॒पादू॒र्ध्व उदै॒त्पुरु॑ष॒: पादो॑ऽस्ये॒हाभ॑व॒त् पुन॑: । ततो॒ विष्व॒ङ् व्य॒क्रामत्साशनानश॒ने अ॒भि

Transliteration

tripā́d ūrdhvá udáit púruṣaḥ pā́do ’syehā́bhavat púnaḥ | táto víṣvaṅ vyàkrāmat sā́śanān aśáne abhí

Translation

മൂന്ന് പാദങ്ങളാൽ പുരുഷൻ ഊർദ്ധ്വമായി ഉദിച്ചു; അവന്റെ ഒരു പാദം വീണ്ടും ഇവിടെ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി. അവിടെ നിന്ന് അവൻ എല്ലാദിക്കുകളിലും വ്യാപിച്ചു—ഭക്ഷകനെയും ഭക്ഷ്യമായ ആഹാരത്തെയും അതിക്രമിച്ച്।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

त्रिपात् । ऊर्ध्वः । उदैत् । पुरुषः । पादः । अस्य । इह । अभवत् । पुनः । ततः । विष्वङ् । वि । अक्रामत् । स । अशनान् । अशने । अभि

Word by Word

त्रिपात्three-footed / having three quarters

ऊर्ध्वःupwards; aloft

उदैत्rose up; went upward

पुरुषःthe Puruṣa (Cosmic Person)

पादःone quarter; one foot

अस्यof him; his

इहhere

अभवत्became; came to be

पुनःagain; further

ततःfrom that; thereafter

विश्वङ्on all sides; in every direction

व्यक्रामत्strode forth; pervaded

सःhe

अशनानशनेin the eating and the non-eating (i.e., in the sentient and the insentient)

अभिtowards; over; upon

Entities Mentioned

Puruṣa

Prajāpati

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