বেদ - Veda (Bengali) 12 | Purusha Suktam - 1 | Swami Samarpanananda 

বেদ - The famous Purusha Suktam is explained.
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम् ॥ 1
सहस्र शीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्। स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वा अत्यतिष्ठत् दशाङ्गुलम्॥ || 1 ||
সহস্রশীর্ষা পুরুষঃ সহস্রাক্ষঃ সহস্রপাৎ |
স ভূমিং বিশ্বতো বৃত্বা অত্যতিষ্ঠৎ দশাঙ্গুলম্ || 1 ||
Thousand headed is Purusha, thousand eyed, and thousand footed. He having covered the earth in all directions, extends it by ten fingers.
पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भव्यम् । उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेनातिरोहति ॥ 2
पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भव्यम्। उता अमृतत्वस्य ईशानः यदन्नेन अति रोहति ॥ 2
পুরুষ এবেদং সর্বং যদ্ভূতং যচ্চ ভব্যম্ |
উতা অমৃতত্বস্য ঈশানঃ যদন্নেন অতি রোহতি ||2 ||
Purusha is all that has been and all that is to be. He is the Lord of immortality, and is all that grows with food.
एतावानस्य महिमातो ज्यायांश्च पूरुषः । पादोऽस्य विश्वा भूतानि त्रिपादस्यामृतं दिवि ॥ 3.
एतावानस्य महिमा अतो ज्यायाँश्च पूरुषः। पादोऽस्य विश्वा भूतानि त्रिपादस्यामृतं दिवि॥ 3||
এতাবানস্য মহিমা অতো জ্যায়াঁশ্চ পুরুষঃ |
পাদোঽস্য বিশ্বা ভূতানি ত্রিপাদস্যামৃতং দিবি ||
Such is his greatness, but Purusha is greater still. A quarter part of him is all created beings, three quarters of him are what is immortal in heaven.

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The Vedas are the fountainhead of Hinduism and its ultimate sacred scriptures. These sacred books are the most ancient preserved literature of the world. It is difficult to say when exactly these works were composed. According to educated guess, these are more than seven to 8,000 years old.
The contents of these books are the records of the spiritual realisation of the sages of that period. Some of the mantras of the Vedas, including the Gaytri mantra are quite popular and are recited regularly by millions.
Everything of Hinduism, the grand old religion of the world, flows out of these sacred books, organised in four -- Rik, Sama, Yajur and Atharva. Composed and preserved in an oral tradition since ancient times, these contain in full the four aspects of religion - philosophy, mythology, rituals, and ethics. Most importantly, these contain the Upanishads, popularly known as Vedanta, which is the greatest philosophical system in the world.
The Vedas contain more than 20, 000 verses of varied lengths. The language used is very old and the mantras have profound meaning. This series of talks tries to give a simple overview of these sacred books.
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