Sri Purusha Suktam

PURUSHA SUKTHAM – Prof.M.M.Ninan
It may be interesting to note that in the Kingdom of God as preached by Jesus, the world was upside down.
When the question of who is the greatest came up at one occasion Jesus makes his point.
Mar 10:36-45 And He said to them, What do you desire that I should do for you? They said to Him, Grant to us that
we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left hand, in Your glory.
But Jesus called them and said to them, You know that they who are accounted rulers over the nations exercise
lordship over them. And their great ones exercise authority on them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever
desires to be great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever of you desires to become first, he shall be
servant of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for
many.
Verse 14
NATURE GODS CAME OUT OF PURUSHA’S BODY
candramA manaso jAta: | caksho sooryo ajAyata |
mukhaadeendrascAgnischa | prANAdvAyurajAyata || 14 ||
manasa: = From his mind
candramA = was the moon
jAta: = born.
caksho = from his eyes
soorya: = the sun was
ajAyata = born.
mukhAd = From his mouth
indra-sca = Indra and
agni-sca = Agni and
prANAt = from his breath
vAyu: = the wind
ajAyata: = were born.
His mind (manas) formed the moon, from his eye became the sun, from his mouth came Indra and Agni, from
his breath Vaayu (wind) was born.
There is the same problem of order of creation here again. Sun, moon and fire were created after the creation of
man? However it may be that they were made gods of men after the creation. Men began to worship the natural
forces. The purusha is the source of these deities which are worshipped by the Vedics too.
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