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PURUSHA SUKTHAM – Prof.M.M.Ninan<br />
Human sacrifice performed by Mayan priests<br />
From Encyclopaedia Mythica (page 3)<br />
Verse 8<br />
THEY SACRIFICED THE PURUSHA<br />
tam yajnam barhishi prokshan | purusham jAtam agrata: |<br />
tena devA ayajanta | sAdhyA RshayaS ca ye || 8 ||<br />
tam = That<br />
purusham = purusha<br />
yajnam = sacrifice,<br />
jAtam = who was<br />
agrata: = in the beginning,<br />
sAdhyA: = those achievers<br />
prokshan = sprinkled him with water<br />
barhishi = on the sacrificial bed of straw.<br />
tena = By this means<br />
devA RshayaS ca = did the gods and the seers<br />
ye = who where,<br />
ayajanta = sacrifice.<br />
As the sacrifice on the Yajña they besprinkled the <strong>Purusha</strong>, born in the beginning and put him on the sacrificial<br />
bed of straw. With him the Devas performed the Yajña along with Saadhyas (other Devas) and the Sages.<br />
Here is the <strong>Purusha</strong> himself was bound as the beast of sacrifice. This beast has to be sanctificed, on a sacred<br />
bed of straw, with holy water. The word barhis indicates this straw. According to the Yogaratna, virAt , barhis<br />
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