Rigveda · Mandala 10 · Nasadiya Sukta
Rigveda 10.129.1 meaning
n-asad aseen no sad aseet tadaneem n-aseed rajo no vyoma paro yat
kim avareevah kuha kasya sharmann ambhah kim aseed gahanam gabheeram
नासदासीन्नो सदासीत्तदानीं नासीद्रजो नो व्योमा परो यत्।
किमावरीवः कुह कस्य शर्मन्नम्भः किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम्॥
Then there was neither non-being nor being; there was no air, nor the sky beyond it. What covered it all? Where? Under whose protection? Was there water, deep and bottomless?
What it means
One of the world's oldest questions about the beginning of everything, asked with honesty rather than certainty. It shows that wonder and doubt have always had a respected place in Indian thought.हिंदी में अर्थ
तब न असत् था, न सत् था; न वायु-मंडल था, न उसके पार आकाश। सबको क्या ढके हुए था? कहाँ? किसके सहारे? क्या वहाँ गहरा, अथाह जल था?
सृष्टि की शुरुआत पर यह दुनिया का सबसे पुराना सवाल है, जो पक्के दावे से नहीं, ईमानदार जिज्ञासा से पूछा गया। भारतीय सोच में प्रश्न पूछने का सदा सम्मान रहा है।
Spoken by Prajapati Parameshthin.
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