Rig Veda · 10.129.2
Rig Veda 10.129.2 — Creation
Verse 2 of 7 from Sukta 10.129 (Creation) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.129.2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
न मर्त्युरासीदम्र्तं न तर्हि न रात्र्या अह्न आसीत्प्रकेतः | आनीदवातं सवधया तदेकं तस्माद्धान्यन न परः किं चनास
IAST Romanisation
na mṛtyurāsīdamṛtaṃ na tarhi na rātryā ahna āsītpraketaḥ | ānīdavātaṃ svadhayā tadekaṃ tasmāddhānyan na paraḥ kiṃ canāsa
English Translation (Griffith)
Death was not then, nor was there aught immortal: no sign was there, the day's and night's divider. That One Thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature: apart from it was nothing whatsoever.
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