{
  "id": "rigveda/1.164.6",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.6/",
  "work": {
    "key": "rigveda",
    "title": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "1.164.6",
  "speaker": "Addressed to All the Gods (Riddle Song)",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "अचि॑कित्वाञ्चिकि॒तुष॑श्चि॒दत्र॑ क॒वीन्पृ॑च्छामि वि॒द्मने॒ न वि॒द्वान् ।\nवि यस्त॒स्तम्भ॒ षळि॒मा रजां॑सि अ॒जस्य॑ रू॒पे किमपि॑ स्वि॒देक॑म् ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": true
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "ácikitvāñ cikitúṣaś cid átra kavī́n pṛchāmi vidmáne ná vidvā́n |\nví yás tastámbha ṣáḷ imā́ rájāṃsi ajásya rūpé kím ápi svid ékam ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "acikitvān",
      "meaning": "not knowing",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cikituṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "having known",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cit",
      "meaning": "even",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "atra",
      "meaning": "here",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavīn",
      "meaning": "the wise seers",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pṛchāmi",
      "meaning": "I ask",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vidmane",
      "meaning": "for knowing",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vidvān",
      "meaning": "knowing",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vi",
      "meaning": "apart",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tastambha",
      "meaning": "fixed firmly",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ṣaṭ",
      "meaning": "six",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "imā",
      "meaning": "these",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rajāṃsi",
      "meaning": "regions",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ajasya",
      "meaning": "of the unborn",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rūpe",
      "meaning": "in form",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kim",
      "meaning": "what",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "api",
      "meaning": "then",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "svit",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ekam",
      "meaning": "one",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "यहाँ जो जानता हुआ भी नहीं जानता, उन ज्ञानी कवियों से पूछता हूँ, जानने के लिए, जो न जानता हो। जिसने ये छह लोक अलग-अलग थामे, अजन्मे के रूप में क्या एक ही कुछ है?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "இங்கு அறிந்தும் அறியாதவனாய், அறிவதற்காக அறிந்த கவிஞர்களிடம் கேட்கிறேன்: யார் இந்த ஆறு உலகங்களைப் பிரித்துத் தாங்கினான்? பிறவாதவனின் வடிவில் அது ஒன்றுதானா?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "ఇక్కడ తెలిసినవాడైనా తెలియనివాడనై, తెలుసుకోవడానికి జ్ఞానులైన కవులను అడుగుతున్నాను: ఈ ఆరు లోకాలను విడివిడిగా నిలిపినవాడెవడు? జన్మలేనివాని రూపంలో అది ఏదో ఒకటేనా?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಇಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿದವನಾಗಿಯೂ ತಿಳಿಯದವನಾಗಿ, ತಿಳಿಯಲು ಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಕವಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ: ಈ ಆರು ಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆಯಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದವನು ಯಾರು? ಹುಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲದವನ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ಒಂದೇ ಏನು?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ഇവിടെ അറിഞ്ഞവനായിരിക്കെയും അറിയാത്തവനായി, അറിയാൻ ജ്ഞാനികളായ കവികളോട് ഞാൻ ചോദിക്കുന്നു: ഈ ആറു ലോകങ്ങളെ വേർതിരിച്ചു നിറുത്തിയവൻ ആര്? ജനിക്കാത്തവന്റെ രൂപത്തിൽ അത് ഒന്നുതന്നെയോ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "এখানে জেনেও যে না-জানে, জানার জন্য জ্ঞানী কবিদের জিজ্ঞাসা করি: যিনি এই ছয় লোককে পৃথক করে দৃঢ় রেখেছেন, তিনি কে? অজাতের রূপে তা কি একটিই কিছু?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "येथे जाणूनही न जाणणारा मी, जाणण्यासाठी ज्ञानी कवींना विचारतो: ही सहा जगे वेगवेगळी ज्याने धरली, तो कोण? अजन्म्याच्या रूपात ते एकच आहे काय?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "અહીં જાણતો હોવા છતાં ન જાણનારો હું, જાણવા જ્ઞાની કવિઓને પૂછું છું: આ છ લોકોને જુદા જુદા ધારણ કરનાર કોણ? અજન્માના રૂપમાં શું તે એક જ છે?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਇੱਥੇ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੀ ਨਾ ਜਾਣਦਾ, ਜਾਣਨ ਲਈ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਕਵੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛਦਾ ਹਾਂ: ਇਹ ਛੇ ਲੋਕ ਵੱਖੋ-ਵੱਖ ਕਿਸ ਨੇ ਥੰਮ੍ਹੇ? ਅਜਨਮੇ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਉਹ ਇੱਕ ਹੀ ਹੈ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ଏଠାରେ ଜାଣିଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଜାଣ ମୁଁ, ଜାଣିବାକୁ ଜ୍ଞାନୀ କବିମାନଙ୍କୁ ପଚାରୁଛି: ଏହି ଛଅ ଲୋକକୁ ପୃଥକ ଭାବେ ଧରିଥିବା କିଏ? ଅଜନ୍ମାଙ୍କ ରୂପରେ କ'ଣ ତାହା ଏକ ହିଁ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "یہاں جاننے والا ہو کر بھی نہ جاننے والا میں، جاننے کو عالم شاعروں سے پوچھتا ہوں: جس نے یہ چھ جہان الگ الگ تھامے، وہ کون ہے؟ بے پیدا کی صورت میں کیا وہ ایک ہی شے ہے؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Knowing here, yet not knowing, I ask the wise poets to learn: who it was who firmly separated these six regions? In the form of the unborn, is it indeed one single thing?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Sabiendo aquí, aunque sin saber, pregunto a los sabios poetas para aprender: ¿quién fue el que separó firmemente estas seis regiones? En la forma del no nacido, ¿es en verdad una sola cosa?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Sachant ici et pourtant ignorant, j'interroge les poètes sages pour apprendre : qui a fermement séparé ces six régions ? Sous la forme de l'Inné, n'est-ce pas une seule chose ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Hier wissend und doch unwissend, frage ich die weisen Dichter, um zu lernen: Wer hat diese sechs Bereiche fest voneinander getrennt? Ist es in der Gestalt des Ungeborenen wahrhaftig ein einziges Ding?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Sabendo aqui, mas sem saber, pergunto aos poetas sábios para aprender: quem foi que firmemente separou estas seis regiões? Na forma do não-nascido, não é uma só coisa?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Зная здесь, но не зная, спрашиваю мудрых поэтов, чтобы узнать: кто твёрдо разделил эти шесть областей? В образе нерождённого — не одно ли это?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "我在此虽有所知却仍不知，故问智慧的诗人以求知：谁坚定地分开了这六个区域？在无生者的形相中，它岂不就是唯一的一物吗？",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "ここで知りながら知らぬ私は、学ぶために知る詩人たちに問う。この六つの領域を堅く分けたのは誰か。不生なるものの姿において、それは実に唯一のものなのか。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "عارفاً هنا وغير عارف، أسأل الشعراء الحكماء لأتعلّم: من ذا الذي ثبّت هذه الأقاليم الستة متمايزة؟ أفي صورة غير المولود شيءٌ واحد هو؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Di sini aku, yang tahu namun tak tahu, bertanya kepada para penyair bijak untuk belajar: siapa yang kokoh memisahkan keenam wilayah ini? Dalam wujud yang tak lahir, apakah itu sesungguhnya satu hal?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ทั้งที่รู้อยู่ ณ ที่นี้ ทั้งที่ยังไม่รู้ ข้าพเจ้าถามกวีผู้รู้เพื่อให้รู้ว่า ใครเป็นผู้แยกภูมิทั้งหกนี้ออกจากกันอย่างมั่นคง ในรูปของผู้ไม่เกิด นั่นคือสิ่งเดียวอย่างแท้จริงหรือ",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā, accented text and word analysis of the University of Zurich, via VedaWeb (University of Cologne)",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0"
  },
  "topics": [
    "riddle",
    "cosmogony",
    "cosmos",
    "seer"
  ],
  "citation": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.6. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.6/"
}