नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानीं॒ नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत् ।
किमाव॑रीव॒ः कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नम्भ॒ः किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रम्
nāsadāsīnno sadāsīttadānīṃ nāsīdrajo no vyomā paro yat |
kimāvarīvaḥ kuha kasya śarmannambhaḥ kimāsīdgahanaṃ gabhīram
Mandala 10
Sukta 129: Nasadiya Sukta, before being and non-being
Rishi: प्रजापतिः परमेष्ठी · Devata: भाववृत्तम् · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्
7 verses · 129 of 191
What happens in this chapter
Nasadiya Sukta, before being and non-being
Prajapati Parameshthin sings the Nasadiya Sukta in trishtubh; its devata is creation itself. Then there was neither non-being nor being, no air, no sky beyond. Was there deep, unfathomed water? There was no death nor immortality, no sign of night or day. That One breathed, windless, by its own nature; beyond it was nothing. Darkness was hidden by darkness; by tapas the One was born. Desire arose first, the first seed of mind; the seers found the bond of being in non-being. Who knows whence this creation came? The Devas came after. He who oversees it in the highest heaven knows, or perhaps he knows not.
न मृ॒त्युरा॑सीद॒मृतं॒ न तर्हि॒ न रात्र्या॒ अह्न॑ आसीत्प्रके॒तः ।
आनी॑दवा॒तं स्व॒धया॒ तदेकं॒ तस्मा॑द्धा॒न्यन्न प॒रः किं च॒नास॑
na mṛtyurāsīdamṛtaṃ na tarhi na rātryā ahna āsītpraketaḥ |
ānīdavātaṃ svadhayā tadekaṃ tasmāddhānyanna paraḥ kiṃ canāsa
तम॑ आसी॒त्तम॑सा गू॒ळ्हमग्रे॑ऽप्रके॒तं स॑लि॒लं सर्व॑मा इ॒दम् ।
तु॒च्छ्येना॒भ्वपि॑हितं॒ यदासी॒त्तप॑स॒स्तन्म॑हि॒नाजा॑य॒तैक॑म्
tama āsīttamasā gūḻhamagre'praketaṃ salilaṃ sarvamā idam |
tucchyenābhvapihitaṃ yadāsīttapasastanmahinājāyataikam
काम॒स्तदग्रे॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॒ मन॑सो॒ रेत॑ः प्रथ॒मं यदासी॑त् ।
स॒तो बन्धु॒मस॑ति॒ निर॑विन्दन्हृ॒दि प्र॒तीष्या॑ क॒वयो॑ मनी॒षा
kāmastadagre samavartatādhi manaso retaḥ prathamaṃ yadāsīt |
sato bandhumasati niravindanhṛdi pratīṣyā kavayo manīṣā
ति॒र॒श्चीनो॒ वित॑तो र॒श्मिरे॑षाम॒धः स्वि॑दा॒सी३दु॒परि॑ स्विदासी३त् ।
रे॒तो॒धा आ॑सन्महि॒मान॑ आसन्स्व॒धा अ॒वस्ता॒त्प्रय॑तिः प॒रस्ता॑त्
tiraścīno vitato raśmireṣāmadhaḥ svidāsī3dupari svidāsī3t |
retodhā āsanmahimāna āsansvadhā avastātprayatiḥ parastāt
को अ॒द्धा वे॑द॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑च॒त्कुत॒ आजा॑ता॒ कुत॑ इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टिः ।
अ॒र्वाग्दे॒वा अ॒स्य वि॒सर्ज॑ने॒नाथा॒ को वे॑द॒ यत॑ आब॒भूव॑
ko addhā veda ka iha pra vocatkuta ājātā kuta iyaṃ visṛṣṭiḥ |
arvāgdevā asya visarjanenāthā ko veda yata ābabhūva
इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टि॒र्यत॑ आब॒भूव॒ यदि॑ वा द॒धे यदि॑ वा॒ न ।
यो अ॒स्याध्य॑क्षः पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्सो अ॒ङ्ग वे॑द॒ यदि॑ वा॒ न वेद॑
iyaṃ visṛṣṭiryata ābabhūva yadi vā dadhe yadi vā na |
yo asyādhyakṣaḥ parame vyomanso aṅga veda yadi vā na veda
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