Sri Purusha Suktam

PURUSHA SUKTHAM – Prof.M.M.Ninan
The humanity and the rest of the cosmos which were held together in organic unity as the body of the Purusha
was destroyed with the fall of gods/mankind. As a result each developed their ego and the cohesive unity of the
cosmos was lost and the dismembered body was scattered all over the cosmos as separate entity with ego and
will of their own.
Brahma creates the material world, which is often called the "one-quarter creation,"
expressing that it is far smaller than the spiritual world (the "three-quarters portion").
Decay and Death prevail only in this quarter creation.
St Augustine said that “Adam, at the fall, was scattered over all the earth” Humanity which was once one, one
with nature, one with himself, one with God, when he fell he was scattered and divided.
In the Christian thought, the atonement means that God comes into this divided universe and gathers those
scattered pieces together and in his sacrifice reunites mankind. He brings all persons together in his Person.
Then He pronounces , “Behold, I make all things new,” and gives the world a new start. That is the meaning of
incarnation and the purpose of it.
Verse 10
THEY CREATED THE VEDAS AND MANTRAS
tasmAd yajnAt sarvahuta: | Rca: sAmAni jajnire |
chandAGMsi jajnire tasmAt | yajus tasmAd ajAyanta || 10 ||
tasmAt yajnAt sarvahuta: = From that Sarvahut rite
Rca: = the Rg veda mantras
sAmAni = sAma veda mantras
jagnyire = come forth
chandAmsi = the metres
jagnyire = come forth.
tasmAt = From that were
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