Rig Veda · 1.164.6

Rig Veda 1.164.6 — Viśvedevas

Verse 6 of 52 from Sukta 1.164 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.164.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अचिकित्वाञ्चिकितुषश्चिदत्र कवीन पर्छामि विद्मने न विद्वान | वि यस्तस्तम्भ षळ इमा रजांस्यजस्य रूपे किमपि सविदेकम

IAST Romanisation

acikitvāñcikituṣaścidatra kavīn pṛchāmi vidmane na vidvān | vi yastastambha ṣaḷ imā rajāṃsyajasya rūpe kimapi svidekam

English Translation (Griffith)

I ask, unknowing, those who know, the sages, as one all ignorant for sake of knowledge, What was that ONE who in the Unborn's image hath stablished and fixed firm these worlds' six regions.

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