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Rigveda 10.81.4

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.81.4

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10.81.4

kiṁ svi̱d vana̱ṁ ka u̱ sa vṛ̱kṣa ā̍sa̱ yato̱ dyāvā̍pṛthi̱vī ni̍ṣṭata̱kṣuḥ |
manī̍ṣiṇo̱ mana̍sā pṛ̱cchated u̱ tad yad a̱dhyati̍ṣṭha̱d bhuva̍nāni dhā̱raya̍n ||

What was the tree, what wood in sooth produced it, from which they fashioned out the earth and heaven? Ye thoughtful men inquire within your spirit whereon he stood when he established all things.

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

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