Purusha Suktam

Purusha sukta/sookta (puruṣa sūkta) is hymn of the Rigveda, dedicated to the Purusha, the transcendental “cosmic primordial man“. As per one version, the Suktam has 16 verses, 15 in the anuṣṭubh meter, and the final one in the triṣṭubh meter. While, the other version of the Suktam consists of 24 verses with the first 18 mantras designated as the Purva-narayana, and the later portion termed as the Uttara-narayana. A rarely used version of the Suktam has additional 6 verses appended to the end, which po