Rig Veda — Chapter 10: Purusha Sukta (10.90)
16 verses
Verse 1
The Cosmic Being has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. He pervades the earth on all sides and extends ten fingers beyond it.
Verse 2
The Cosmic Being is all this — whatever has been and whatever shall be. He is the lord of immortality and grows beyond through food.
Verse 3
Such is his greatness, and the Cosmic Being is even greater than this. All beings are one-fourth of him; three-fourths are the immortal in heaven.
Verse 4
Three-fourths of him rose upward; one-fourth came into being here again. From this he spread in all directions into that which eats and that which do…
Verse 5
From him was born the shining one (Virat), and from Virat the Cosmic Being again. Being born, he extended beyond the earth, both behind and before.