आत्मैवेदमग्र आसीत् पुरुषविधः ॥

Atmaivedam Agra Asit Purushavidhah

Meaning In the beginning this (universe) was the Self alone, in the form of a Person — describing how the individual Self (Atman) and the universal Self are ultimately one, the foundation of Vedantic philosophy.

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम् ॥

Sahasrashirsha Purushah Sahasrakshah Sahasrapat, Sa Bhumim Vishvato Vritvat Yatishtad Dashangulam

Meaning The Cosmic Person has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; encompassing the earth from all sides, He still extends ten fingers beyond.

पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भव्यम् । उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेनातिरोहति ॥

Purusha Evedam Sarvam Yadbhutam Yadcha Bhavyam, Utamritatvasyeshano Yadannenatirohati

Meaning The Cosmic Being is all this — whatever has been and whatever will be; He is the Lord of immortality, and He grows beyond through food (creation).

नासदासीन्नो सदासीत्तदानीं नासीद्रजो नो व्योमापरो यत् । किमावरीवः कुह कस्य शर्मन्नम्भः किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् ॥

Nasad Asin No Sad Asit Tadanim Nasid Rajo No Vyoma Paro Yat, Kimavarivah Kuha Kasya Sharman Nambha Kimasid Gahanam Gabhiram

Meaning There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond; what stirred? Where? In whose protection? Was there water, bottomlessly deep?

अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् । होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥

Agnim Ile Purohitam Yajnasya Devam Ritvijam, Hotaram Ratnadhatamam. The very first verse of the entire Rig Veda (1.1.1)

Meaning I praise Agni, the divine priest of the sacrifice, the divine Ritvij, the invoker (Hotri), the most bestower of gems — the opening invocation of the oldest literary document of humanity.

सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म ॥

Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma

Meaning All this is indeed Brahman — the most all-encompassing positive affirmation in Vedanta, declaring that the entire universe, without exception, is the manifestation of Brahman, the ultimate reality.