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Purusha Sukta

पुरुष सूक्त
The universe was born from the sacrifice of the Primal Being — everything is made of the divine

The Purusha Sukta (Rigveda 10.90) describes the primordial cosmic sacrifice through which the universe came into being. The Cosmic Person (Purusha) — with a thousand heads, thousand eyes, thousand feet — was sacrificed by the gods. From his mind came the moon, from his eye came the sun, from his mouth came fire and Indra, from his navel came the atmosphere, from his head came the sky, from his feet came the earth. This hymn became foundational to later Vedanta philosophy: the universe is not separate from the divine — it is made of the divine.

Hymn of the Cosmic PersonRigveda 10.90
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Look at your body for a moment. The iron in your blood was forged in dying stars. The water in your cells has cycled through oceans and clouds for billions of years. You are not in the universe — you are the universe, briefly organised.

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