Vedic · Rig Veda 10.90.1

Purusha Suktam (opening verse)

~25 second read · suited to dharma, sadhana

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम् ॥

sahasrashirsha purushah sahasrakshah sahasrapat . sa bhumim vishvato vritvatyatishthaddashangulam ..

Meaning

The cosmic Person with a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. He wraps the earth on every side, then stands beyond it, larger than all he fills.

Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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