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Rigveda 10.129: Nāsadīyasūkta

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.129

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10.129.1

nāsa̍d āsī̱n no sad ā̍sīt ta̱dānī̱ṁ nāsī̱d rajo̱ no vyo̍mā pa̱ro yat |
kim āva̍rīva̱ḥ kuha̱ kasya̱ śarma̱nn ambha̱ḥ kim ā̍sī̱d gaha̍naṁ gabhī̱ram ||

THEN was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it. What covered in, and where? and what gave shelter? Was water there, unfathomed depth of water?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.129.2

na mṛ̱tyur ā̍sīd a̱mṛta̱ṁ na tarhi̱ na rātryā̱ ahna̍ āsīt prake̱taḥ |
ānī̍d avā̱taṁ sva̱dhayā̱ tad eka̱ṁ tasmā̍d dhā̱nyan na pa̱raḥ kiṁ ca̱nāsa̍ ||

Death was not then, nor was there aught immortal: no sign was there, the day's and night's divider. That One Thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature: apart from it was nothing whatsoever.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.129.3

tama̍ āsī̱t tama̍sā gū̱ḻham agre̍ 'prake̱taṁ sa̍li̱laṁ sarva̍m ā i̱dam |
tu̱cchyenā̱bhv api̍hita̱ṁ yad āsī̱t tapa̍sa̱s tan ma̍hi̱nājā̍ya̱taika̍m ||

Darkness there was: at first concealed in darknew this All was indiscriminated chaos. All that existed then was void and form less: by the great power of Warmth was born that Unit.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.129.4

kāma̱s tad agre̱ sam a̍varta̱tādhi̱ mana̍so̱ reta̍ḥ pratha̱maṁ yad āsī̍t |
sa̱to bandhu̱m asa̍ti̱ nir a̍vindan hṛ̱di pra̱tīṣyā̍ ka̱vayo̍ manī̱ṣā ||

Thereafter rose Desire in the beginning, Desire, the primal seed and germ of Spirit. Sages who searched with their heart's thought discovered the existent's kinship in the non-existent.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.129.5

ti̱ra̱ścīno̱ vita̍to ra̱śmir e̍ṣām a̱dhaḥ svi̍d ā̱sī3d u̱pari̍ svid āsī3t |
re̱to̱dhā ā̍san mahi̱māna̍ āsan sva̱dhā a̱vastā̱t praya̍tiḥ pa̱rastā̍t ||

Transversely was their severing line extended: what was above it then, and what below it? There were begetters, there were mighty forces, free action here and energy up yonder

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.129.6

ko a̱ddhā ve̍da̱ ka i̱ha pra vo̍ca̱t kuta̱ ājā̍tā̱ kuta̍ i̱yaṁ visṛ̍ṣṭiḥ |
a̱rvāg de̱vā a̱sya vi̱sarja̍ne̱nāthā̱ ko ve̍da̱ yata̍ āba̱bhūva̍ ||

Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation? TheGods are later than this world's production. Who knows then whence it first came into being?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.129.7

i̱yaṁ visṛ̍ṣṭi̱r yata̍ āba̱bhūva̱ yadi̍ vā da̱dhe yadi̍ vā̱ na |
yo a̱syādhya̍kṣaḥ para̱me vyo̍ma̱n so a̱ṅga ve̍da̱ yadi̍ vā̱ na veda̍ ||

He, the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, Whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows not.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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