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Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
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aham bhavo yajña ime prajeśā dakṣādayo ye bhavad-ādayaś ca svarloka-pālāḥ khagaloka-pālā nṛloka-pālās talaloka-pālāḥ
gandharva-vidyādhara-cāraṇeśā ye yakṣa-rakṣoraga-nāganāthāḥ ye vā ṛṣīṇām ṛṣabhāḥ pitṛṇām daityendra-siddheśvara-dānavendrāḥ anye ca ye preta-piśāca-bhūta- kūṣmāṇḍa-yādo-mṛga-pakṣyadhīśāḥ
yat kiñca loke bhagavan mahasvad ojaḥ-sahasvad balavat kṣamāvat śrī-hrī-vibhūty-ātmavad adbhutārṇam tattvam param rūpavad asvarūpam
aham—myself (Brahmājī); bhavaḥ—Lord Śiva; yajñaḥ—Lord Viṣṇu; ime—all these; prajeśāḥ—the father of the living beings; dakṣa-ādayaḥ—Dakṣa; Marīci, Manu, etc.; ye—those; bhavat—yourself; ādayaḥ ca—and the bachelors (Sanat-kumāra and his brothers); svarloka-pālāḥ—the leaders of the heavenly planets; khagaloka-pālāḥ—the leaders of space travellers; nṛloka-pālāḥ—the leaders of mankind; talaloka-pālāḥ—the leaders of the lower planets; gandharva—the residents of Gandharvaloka; vidyādhara—the residents of the Vidyādhara planet; cāraṇa-īśāḥ—the leaders of the Cāraṇas; ye—as also others; yakṣa—the leaders of the Yakṣas; rakṣa—demons; uraga—snakes; nāga-nāthāḥ—leaders of the Nāgaloka (below the earth); ye—others; vā—also; ṛṣīṇām—of the sages; ṛṣabhāḥ—the chief; pitṛṇām—of the forefathers; daitya-indra—leaders of the atheists; siddha-īśvaras—leaders of the Siddhaloka planets (spacemen); dānava-indrāḥ—leaders of the non-Āryans; anye—besides them; ca—also; ye—those; preta—dead bodies; piśāca—evil spirit; bhūta—jinn; kūṣmāṇḍa—a special type of evil spirit; yādaḥ—aquatics; mṛga—animals; pakṣi-adhīśāḥ—giant eagles; yat—anything; kim ca—and everything; loke—in the world; bhagavat—possessed of bhaga, or extraordinary power; mahasvat—of a special degree; ojaḥ-sahasvat—specific mental and sense dexterity; balavat—possessed of strength; kṣamāvat—possessed of forgiveness; śrī—beauty; hrī—ashamed of impious acts; vibhūti—riches; ātmavat—possessed of intelligence; adbhuta—wonderful; arṇam—race; tattvam—specific truth; param—transcendental; rūpavat—as if the form of; asvarūpam—not the form of the Lord.