A thousand-headed is the Man with a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; encompassing the Earth all sides, he exceeded it by ten fingers’ breadth.
Rig Veda X, 90, 1
The Man, indeed, is this All, what has been and what is to be the Lord of the immortal spheres which he surpasses by consuming food.
Rig Veda X, 90, 2
Such is the measure of his might, and greater still than this is Man. All beings are a fourth of him, three fourths are the immortal in heaven.
Rig Veda X, 90, 3
Three fourths of Man ascended high, one fourth took birth again down here. From this he spread in all directions into animate and inanimate things.
Rig Veda X, 90, 4
From him the Shining one was born; from this Shining one Man again took birth. As soon as born, he extended himself all over the Earth both behind and before.
Rig Veda X, 90, 5
