{
  "id": "rigveda/1.185.1",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.1/",
  "work": {
    "key": "rigveda",
    "title": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "1.185.1",
  "speaker": "Addressed to Heaven and Earth",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "क॒त॒रा पूर्वा॑ कत॒राप॑रा॒योः क॒था जा॒ते क॑वयः॒ को वि वे॑द ।\nविश्वं॒ त्मना॑ बिभृतो॒ यद्ध॒ नाम॒ वि व॑र्तेते॒ अह॑नी च॒क्रिये॑व ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": true
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "katarā́ pū́rvā katarā́parāyóḥ kathā́ jāté kavayaḥ kó ví veda |\nvíśvaṃ tmánā bibhṛto yád dha nā́ma ví vartete áhanī cakríyeva ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "katarā",
      "meaning": "which (of the two)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pūrvā",
      "meaning": "first",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "katarā",
      "meaning": "which (of the two)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aparā",
      "meaning": "later, other",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ayoḥ",
      "meaning": "of the two",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kathā",
      "meaning": "how",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "jāte",
      "meaning": "born",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kavayaḥ",
      "meaning": "O wise ones",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vi",
      "meaning": "apart",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "veda",
      "meaning": "knows",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "viśvam",
      "meaning": "all",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tmanā",
      "meaning": "by self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bibhṛtaḥ",
      "meaning": "the two bear",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yat",
      "meaning": "which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nāma",
      "meaning": "name",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vi",
      "meaning": "apart",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vartete",
      "meaning": "turn around",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ahanī",
      "meaning": "day and night",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cakriyā",
      "meaning": "like wheels",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iva",
      "meaning": "as if",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "कौन-सा पहले उत्पन्न हुआ और कौन-सा बाद में? हे कवियो, किसने इसे जाना? विश्व को अपने आप से धारण करते हुए जो दोनों नाम धारण करते हैं, दिन और रात पहियों की भाँति घूमते हैं।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "இரண்டில் எது முன்னே பிறந்தது, எது பின்னே? ஓ கவிஞர்களே, இதை யார் அறிவார்? தம்மால் அனைத்தையும் தாங்கும் அவை இரண்டும் பெயர் கொண்டு, பகலும் இரவும் சக்கரங்களைப் போல சுழல்கின்றன.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "రెండింటిలో ఏది ముందు పుట్టింది, ఏది తరువాత? ఓ కవులారా, దీన్ని ఎవరు తెలుసుకున్నారు? తమంతట తామే విశ్వాన్ని ధరించే ఆ రెండూ పేర్లు కలిగి, పగలు మరియు రాత్రి చక్రాల వలె తిరుగుతున్నాయి.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಎರಡರಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದು ಮೊದಲು ಹುಟ್ಟಿತು, ಯಾವುದು ನಂತರ? ಓ ಕವಿಗಳೇ, ಇದನ್ನು ಯಾರು ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದಾರೆ? ತಮ್ಮಿಂದಲೇ ವಿಶ್ವವನ್ನು ಹೊತ್ತಿರುವ ಆ ಎರಡೂ ಹೆಸರುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದು, ಹಗಲು ಮತ್ತು ರಾತ್ರಿ ಚಕ್ರಗಳಂತೆ ತಿರುಗುತ್ತವೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "രണ്ടിൽ ഏതാണ് ആദ്യം ജനിച്ചത്, ഏതാണ് പിന്നീട്? ഓ കവികളേ, ഇത് ആരറിയുന്നു? സ്വയം കൊണ്ട് വിശ്വത്തെ താങ്ങുന്ന ആ രണ്ടും പേരുകളോടെ, പകലും രാത്രിയും ചക്രങ്ങൾപോലെ തിരിയുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "দুটির মধ্যে কোনটি আগে জন্মেছে, কোনটি পরে? হে কবিগণ, কে তা জেনেছে? নিজের দ্বারা বিশ্বকে ধারণ করে যে দুটি নাম ধারণ করে, দিন ও রাত চাকার মতো ঘোরে।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "दोघांपैकी कोणते आधी जन्मले आणि कोणते नंतर? हे कवींनो, हे कोणी जाणले आहे? स्वतःने विश्वाला धारण करणारे ते दोन्ही नावे धारण करतात, दिवस आणि रात्र चाकांप्रमाणे फिरतात.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "બેમાંથી કયું પહેલાં જન્મ્યું અને કયું પછી? હે કવિઓ, આ કોણે જાણ્યું? પોતાથી જ વિશ્વને ધારણ કરતાં એ બંને નામો ધરાવે છે, દિવસ અને રાત ચક્રોની જેમ ફરે છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਦੋਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਜਨਮਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਬਾਅਦ ਵਿੱਚ? ਹੇ ਕਵੀਓ, ਇਹ ਕਿਸ ਨੇ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਹੈ? ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਰੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਨੂੰ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਉਹ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਨਾਮ ਧਾਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਦਿਨ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਤ ਪਹੀਆਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਘੁੰਮਦੇ ਹਨ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ଦୁଇଟି ମଧ୍ୟରୁ କେଉଁଟି ଆଗେ ଜନ୍ମିଲା ଓ କେଉଁଟି ପରେ? ହେ କବିଗଣ, ଏହା କିଏ ଜାଣିଛି? ନିଜ ଦ୍ୱାରା ବିଶ୍ୱକୁ ଧାରଣ କରୁଥିବା ସେହି ଦୁଇଟି ନାମ ଧାରଣ କରି, ଦିନ ଓ ରାତି ଚକ୍ର ପରି ଘୂରନ୍ତି।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "دونوں میں سے کون پہلے پیدا ہوا اور کون بعد میں؟ اے دانشمندو، اسے کس نے جانا؟ اپنے آپ سے کائنات کو سنبھالنے والے وہ دونوں نام رکھتے ہیں، دن اور رات پہیوں کی طرح گھومتے ہیں۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Which of the two came first, and which later? O wise ones, who has truly known it? The two that bear all the world by their own power, bearing names, day and night turn about like wheels.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "¿Cuál de los dos vino primero, y cuál después? Oh sabios, ¿quién lo ha conocido con certeza? Los dos que sostienen el universo por sí mismos, llevando nombres, el día y la noche giran como ruedas.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Lequel des deux est venu le premier, et lequel ensuite ? Ô sages, qui le sait vraiment ? Les deux qui portent l'univers par eux-mêmes, portant des noms, le jour et la nuit tournent comme des roues.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Welches der beiden kam zuerst, und welches danach? O Weise, wer hat es wirklich erkannt? Die beiden, die das All aus eigener Kraft tragen und Namen tragen, Tag und Nacht drehen sich wie Räder.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Qual dos dois veio primeiro, e qual depois? Ó sábios, quem realmente o conheceu? Os dois que sustentam o universo por si mesmos, portando nomes, dia e noite giram como rodas.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Какое из двух появилось первым, а какое позже? О мудрецы, кто это действительно знает? Те двое, что сами по себе несут вселенную и носят имена, день и ночь вращаются, как колёса.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "二者之中哪一个先生，哪一个后生？诸位智者，谁真正知道这事？那以自身承载万物、各有其名的二者，昼与夜如车轮般轮转。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "二つのうちどちらが先に生まれ、どちらが後か。賢者たちよ、誰がそれを真に知っているのか。自らによって世界を支え、名を持つ二つは、昼と夜として車輪のように回る。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "أيّ الاثنين وُلد أولاً، وأيّهما بعد؟ أيها الحكماء، من عرف ذلك حقاً؟ الاثنان اللذان يحملان الكون بذاتهما، يحملان اسمين، يدور النهار والليل كالعجلات.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Manakah dari keduanya yang lahir lebih dulu, dan manakah yang kemudian? Wahai para bijak, siapakah yang benar-benar mengetahuinya? Keduanya yang menopang alam semesta dengan dirinya sendiri, memikul nama-nama, siang dan malam berputar seperti roda.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "จากสองสิ่งนี้ อันไหนมาก่อนและอันไหนมาทีหลัง โอ้ปราชญ์ทั้งหลาย ใครเล่าจะรู้ได้แจ่มแจ้ง สองสิ่งที่ค้ำจุนโลกทั้งหมดด้วยพลังของตน และมีนามปรากฏ กลางวันกลางคืนหมุนเวียนกันไปเหมือนล้อรถ",
      "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": [
    "cosmogony",
    "heaven-earth",
    "dawn",
    "night"
  ],
  "citation": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.1. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.1/"
}