Rig Veda · 10.129.4
Rig Veda 10.129.4 — Creation
Verse 4 of 7 from Sukta 10.129 (Creation) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.129.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कामस्तदग्रे समवर्तताधि मनसो रेतः परथमं यदासीत | सतो बन्धुमसति निरविन्दन हर्दि परतीष्याकवयो मनीषा
IAST Romanisation
kāmastadaghre samavartatādhi manaso retaḥ prathamaṃ yadāsīt | sato bandhumasati niravindan hṛdi pratīṣyākavayo manīṣā
English Translation (Griffith)
Thereafter rose Desire in the beginning, Desire, the primal seed and germ of Spirit. Sages who searched with their heart's thought discovered the existent's kinship in the non-existent.
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