Rigveda 6.6

6.6

ko veda| ko jānāti anumānena | asya etat | dvitīyāsthāne vyatyayena ṣaṣṭhyeṣā | etadagamyāgamanaṃ | prathamasyāhnaḥ saṃbandhi | prathame'hani yat kriyate tadanumānamaśritya na kaścidapi jñātuṃ śaknotītyarthaḥ|
ka īṃ ko vā| dadarśa pratyakṣataḥ paśyati | na kaścidapītyarthaḥ | atha dṛṣṭaṃ kathañcidetena kenacidāvābhyāṃ kriyamāṇamathanantat | kaḥ | iha loke| pra vocat prabravīti prakhyāpayati | na kaścidapītyarthaḥ | atha mitrāvaruṇau jānītaḥ paśyataḥ | yat bṛhanmahat | mitrasya varuṇasya ca | dhāma janma abhijanaḥ | abhijanavatāṃ vā katvaṃ paravyasanaṃ pratyayuktamiti prajñātenāpi pratyakṣataḥ paśyati| atha dṛṣṭaṃ kathañcinnāpi pratyākhyāpayataḥ ityābhiprāyaḥ | evamavasthite vastuni | kadu bravaḥ | kacchabdo'tra kiṃ śabdārthe | u śabdaśca vā śabdārthe | kiṃ vā bravīṣi tvaṃ | he āhanaḥ | āhantaḥ maryādayā hiṃsitaḥ | vīcyādinarakeṇa nṝn manuṣyān svakṛtaśubhāśubhakarmāpekṣayā manuṣyādiprāṇināṃ narakapātanena svargaprāpaṇena vā nigrahānugrahayoḥ kartturityarthaḥ| yata evameto† nirvicāre ||