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Purush Sookt

Hymn 10-90 of Rig Ved Sanhitaa, 16 Mantra of Rig Ved, are known as Purush Sookt. . This is the only hymn in the entire Rig Ved which uses all the four words - Braahman, Raajanya (Kshatriya), Vaishya, and Shoodra. It seems to be one of the last hymns composed during the span of time the hymns of this Sanhitaa were composed. In this Sookt, the God is compared to a human being. It states that God produced Braahman from His mouth, Kshatriya from His arms, Vaishya from His thighs, and Shoodra from His feet. This Sookt seems to have created to show the rank of superiority for the Braahman and the inferiority for Shoodra.

[but one may take it otherwise also that without Shoodra, the system cannot run]. But in fact it shows that everyone in the society is important and together we make the society the whole. But it seems that over the period Braahman have been using this Sookt to give extraordinary importance to themselves than necessary. Some other people argue that since God's feet are worshipped, Shoodra are not inferior to anybody rather they are superior to all. The same people argue, that superiority or inferiority is not by the birth of a superior or inferior part of the body they are born. All parts of the body are important so are all the people and together all make a society as a whole.

This Sookt has come to be memorized by many Hindoo worshippers.

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