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Rigveda 10.90.1 (Purusha Suktam)

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्। स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम्॥

sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvāty-atiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam

Meaning

The Cosmic Person has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. Pervading the earth on all sides, he extends beyond it by the measure of ten fingers. The opening verse of the Purusha Suktam — recited in every major Vedic puja, abhisheka and yajna across India.

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