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    The NAsadIya SUkta is a hymn from the Rigveda that discusses the origins of the universe. It describes how in the beginning, there was neither existence nor non-existence. There was no air, sky or water. In the absolute void, one emerged through the power of heat. Desire came to be the first seed of mind. The sages have realized the connection between what is and what is not through deep contemplation. The forces below came to be fertile and powerful, with strength below and impulse above. However, even the gods came later, so who truly knows how creation began or whether the highest power shaped it or not.

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    The NAsadIya SUkta is a hymn from the Rigveda that discusses the origins of the universe. It describes how in the beginning, there was neither existence nor non-existence. There was no air, sky or water. In the absolute void, one emerged through the power of heat. Desire came to be the first seed of mind. The sages have realized the connection between what is and what is not through deep contemplation. The forces below came to be fertile and powerful, with strength below and impulse above. However, even the gods came later, so who truly knows how creation began or whether the highest power shaped it or not.

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    The NAsadIya SUkta is a hymn from the Rigveda that discusses the origins of the universe. It describes how in the beginning, there was neither existence nor non-existence. There was no air, sky or water. In the absolute void, one emerged through the power of heat. Desire came to be the first seed of mind. The sages have realized the connection between what is and what is not through deep contemplation. The forces below came to be fertile and powerful, with strength below and impulse above. However, even the gods came later, so who truly knows how creation began or whether the highest power shaped it or not.

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    .. nAsadIya sUkta (Rigveda ) ..

    ॥ nAsdFy s?t (`v


    d ) ॥

    nAsdFy s?t
    NAsadIya SUkta
    This is the famous nAsdFy s?t the 129-th sUkta of the 10-th mandala of the Rigveda . It has be
    lated and discussed by many scholars and there have been volumes dedicated to just this one sUkta . The cur-
    rent translation is by A . L . Basham, from his book entitled “The Wonder that was India”.
    nAsdAsFnnosdAsFttdAnF\ nAsFdýяo no &yomApro yt^ ।
    EкmAvrFv, кhк-yшm nn\B, EкmAsFdghn\ gBFr\ ॥ 1 ॥
    Then even nothingness was not, nor existence,
    There was no air then, nor the heavens beyond it.
    What covered it? Where was it? In whose keeping
    Was there then cosmic water, in depths unfathomed?
    n m(yrAsFdmt\ n tEh n rAìyA।aAhn।aAasF(prк
    t, ।
    aAnFdvAt\ -vDyA td  к\ t-mAdAynnpr, EкcnAs ॥ 2 ॥
    Then there was neither death nor immortality
    nor was there then the torch of night and day.
    The One breathed windlessly and self-sustaining.
    There was that One then, and there was no other.
    tm।aAasFttmsA gh^mg} prк
    t\ sEll\ sv mA_id\ ।
    tQynA<vEpEht\ ydAsFttps-tmEhnA яAyt { к\ ॥ 3 ॥
    At first there was only darkness wrapped in darkness.
    All this was only unillumined water.
    That One which came to be, enclosed in nothing,
    arose at last, born of the power of heat.
    кAm-tdg
    } smvt tAED mnso 
    rt, prTm\ ydAsFt^ ।
    stobDmsEt EnrEvdhEd prtF yA кvyo mnFqA ॥ 4 ॥
    In the beginning desire descended on it -
    that was the primal seed, born of the mind.
    The sages who have searched their hearts with wisdom
    know that which is is kin to that which is not.
    EtrcFno Evtto rE[mr
     qAmD, E-vdAsF 3 dpErE-vdAsF 3 t^ ।
    
    rtoDA।aAasmEhmAn।aAas(-vDA।aAv-tAt^ pryEt, pr-tAt^ ॥ 5 ॥
    And they have stretched their cord across the void,
    and know what was above, and what below.
    Seminal powers made fertile mighty forces.
    Below was strength, and over it was impulse.
    кo।aAdA vd к_ih prvoct^ кt।aAaяAtA кt_iy\ EvsE£, ।
    avA `d
     vA।aA-y Evsя n
     nATAкo 
    vd yt।aAabBv ॥ 6 ॥
    But, after all, who knows, and who can say
    Whence it all came, and how creation happened?
    the gods themselves are later than creation,

    1
    so who knows truly whence it has arisen?
    iy\ EvsE£y t।aAabBv yEd vA dD
     yEd vA n ।
    yo।aA-yA@y", prm  &yom(so।aA\g 
    vd yEd vA n 
    vd ॥ 7 ॥
    Whence all creation had its origin,
    he, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
    he, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
    he knows - or maybe even he does not know.

    Encoded and proofread by Avinash Sathaye sohum at ms.kyu.edu

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    Last updated November 19, 2010
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