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1 purusha s ktam m - harih: - m purusha s ktam (Vedic hymn of adoration to the Cosmic Universal Being) Dedicated with love to The Fragrant Divine Lotus Feet of my beloved SatGuru - Bhagavan Sri Skanda & All His Beloved Children of Light Sanskrit English meanings by Sri Ramachander Tamil unicoding, English Transliteration, Proof-reading, & Preparation by Sri Skanda s Warrior of Light Page 1 of 13 Published for the World Wide Web (WWW) by Sri Skanda s Warrior of Light - with love - for: Bhagavan Sri Skanda s Divine Online Abode, 2016. For personal (spiritual) use only. Commercial use is strictly prohibited. Source: purusha s ktam m - harih: - m Page 2 of 13 Published for the World Wide Web (WWW) by Sri Skanda s Warrior of Light - with love - for: Bhagavan Sri Skanda s Divine Online Abode, 2016.

2 For personal (spiritual) use only. Commercial use is strictly prohibited. Source: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page # Guide to pronunciation 3 purusha S ktam - Tamil 4 purusha S ktam - English 7 References 13 purusha s ktam m - harih: - m Page 3 of 13 Published for the World Wide Web (WWW) by Sri Skanda s Warrior of Light - with love - for: Bhagavan Sri Skanda s Divine Online Abode, 2016. For personal (spiritual) use only. Commercial use is strictly prohibited.

3 Source: Guide to pronunciation From Sri Suktam with Samputita Sri Suktam. (Karunamayi, Sri Sri Sri Vijayesari Devi. Sri Suktam with Samputita Sri Suktam. Banglaore: Sri Matrudevi Viswashanthi Ashram Trust, 2004.) This guide is based on American pronunciation of words, and is therefore not a perfect representation of Sanskrit sounds. Sanskrit Vowels a like a in nap like a in father like ay in may i like i in pin like ee in sweet like o in rose u like u in put like oo in food ha pronounce as a faint echoing of the previous vowel; ah: would be pronounced aha ; ih: would be pronounced ihi ; uh: would be pronounced uhu ; etc. ai like ai in aisle au like ow in cow Sanskrit Consonants b like b in bird bh like b h in job hunt ch like pinch d like d in dove dh like d h in good heart g like good gh like g h in log hut h like h in hot j like j in job jh like dgeh in hedgehog j like ng y in sing your k like k in kite kh like ck h in black hat l like l in love m like m in mother like n in pinch p like p in soap ph like ph in up hill r rolled like a Spanish or Italian r s like s in sun sometimes like s in sun, sometimes like sya sound t like rt in heart th like t h in fat hat v like v in love.

4 Sometimes like w in world y like y in yes *t, th, d, dh, and n should be pronounced with the tongue placed against the protruding slightly beyond the upper teeth. should be extended; would be extended in sound and pronounced ae- purusha s ktam m - harih: - m Page 4 of 13 Published for the World Wide Web (WWW) by Sri Skanda s Warrior of Light - with love - for: Bhagavan Sri Skanda s Divine Online Abode, 2016. For personal (spiritual) use only. Commercial use is strictly prohibited. Source: - | | - | - : | - : | | - | : : : - : | - :( ) - | - | - - || 1-1 - | - - | - - : | - - - || 1-2 - | - : | | - - - || 1-3 - - : |.

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9 Bhagavan Sri Skanda s Divine Online Abode, 2016. For personal (spiritual) use only. Commercial use is strictly prohibited. Source: purusha s ktam (Vedic hymn of adoration to the Cosmic Universal Being) English meaning courtesy of Sri Ramachander r gurubhyo namah(a) - harih(i) m || nthi p thah(a) || thach-cham-y r vru-n mah | g thum yag-n ya g thum yagna-pathay | dai-v -ee svasti-rastu-nah(a) svastir-m nu-sh -bhya-h(a) | r-dvam-ji-g tu-b -sha-jam sham-n -astu-dvi-pad | sham-chatush-pad m nthi - nthi - nthi(hi) Request we from you with all enthusiasm, For the good deeds that are medicine, For the sadness of the past and future, Request we for the growth of fire sacrifices, Request that only good should occur, To the one who presides over such sacrifices, Request we for the mercy of gods to man, Request we for good to the community of men, Request we that the herbs and plants, Should grow taller towards the skies.

10 Request we for good for all two legged beings, Request we for good to all four legged beings, Request we for peace, peace and peace. || 1st anuv ka || sahasra-sh r-sh purushah(a) | sahas-r kshas sahasra-p t(u) sa-bh mim-vishvat vrutv | atya-tish-thad das n-gulam 1-1 The purusha has thousand heads, He has thousand eyes, He has thousand feet, He is spread all over the universe, And is beyond the count with ten fingers. purusha - v -dagam sarvam | yad-bh tam yaccha-bhavyam uth m-ruta-tvas-y sh -nah( ) | yathan-n n tir -hathi 1-2 This purusha is all the past, All the future and the present, He is the lord of deathlessness, And he rises from hiding, From this universe of food.