A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.79

c8.79

*What germ primeval did the waters cherish,*
*Wherein the gods all saw themselves together,*
*Which is beyond the earth, beyond that heaven,*
*Beyond the mighty gods' mysterious dwelling?*

*That germ primeval did the waters cherish,*
*Wherein the gods together all assembled,*
*The One that in the goat's*¹ *source is established,*
*Within which all the worlds are comprehended.*

*Ye cannot find him who these worlds created:*
*That which comes nearer to you is another.*