{
  "id": "rigveda/10.129.1",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.1/",
  "work": {
    "key": "rigveda",
    "title": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "10.129.1",
  "speaker": "Addressed to The Origin of Things",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानीं॒ नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत् ।\nकिमाव॑रीवः॒ कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नम्भः॒ किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रम् ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": true
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "nā́sad āsīn nó sád āsīt tadā́nīṃ nā́sīd rájo nó vyòmā paró yát |\nkím ā́varīvaḥ kúha kásya śármann ámbhaḥ kím āsīd gáhanaṃ gabhīrám ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asat",
      "meaning": "non-existent",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āsīt",
      "meaning": "was",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "u",
      "meaning": "then",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sat",
      "meaning": "existent",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āsīt",
      "meaning": "was",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tadānīm",
      "meaning": "at that time",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āsīt",
      "meaning": "was",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rajaḥ",
      "meaning": "air/space",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "u",
      "meaning": "and",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vyoma",
      "meaning": "sky",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "paras",
      "meaning": "beyond",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yat",
      "meaning": "which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kim",
      "meaning": "what",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ā",
      "meaning": "(intensifier)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "avarīvar",
      "meaning": "covered/enveloped",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kuha",
      "meaning": "where",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kasya",
      "meaning": "of whom",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "śarman",
      "meaning": "in the shelter/protection",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambhaḥ",
      "meaning": "waters",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kim",
      "meaning": "what",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āsīt",
      "meaning": "was",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "gahanam",
      "meaning": "depth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "gabhīram",
      "meaning": "unfathomable",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "तब न सत् था, न असत् था; न अंतरिक्ष था, न उससे परे का आकाश। किसने ढका था, कहाँ, किसके आश्रय में? क्या वह अगाध, गहरा जल था?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "அப்போது இருப்பும் இல்லை, இல்லாமையும் இல்லை; காற்றுவெளியும் இல்லை, அதற்கு அப்பால் வானமும் இல்லை. எது மூடியிருந்தது, எங்கே, யாருடைய பாதுகாப்பில்? ஆழமான, அளவிட முடியாத நீரா அது?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "అప్పుడు సత్తూ లేదు, అసత్తూ లేదు; గాలి ఖాళీ లేదు, దానికి ఆవల ఆకాశమూ లేదు. ఏది కప్పి ఉంచింది, ఎక్కడ, ఎవరి రక్షణలో? అది లోతైన, అగాధమైన జలమా?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಆಗ ಸತ್ತೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಅಸತ್ತೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಗಾಳಿಯ ಬಯಲೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಅದರಾಚೆಗಿನ ಆಕಾಶವೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಯಾವುದು ಮುಚ್ಚಿತ್ತು, ಎಲ್ಲಿ, ಯಾರ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ? ಅದು ಆಳವಾದ, ಅಗಾಧ ಜಲವೇ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "അന്ന് സത്തും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല, അസത്തും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല; വായുവിന്റെ വിശാലതയും ഇല്ലായിരുന്നു, അതിനപ്പുറമുള്ള ആകാശവും ഇല്ലായിരുന്നു. എന്താണ് മൂടിയിരുന്നത്, എവിടെ, ആരുടെ സംരക്ഷണയിൽ? അത് ആഴമേറിയ, അഗാധമായ ജലമായിരുന്നോ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "তখন সৎ ছিল না, অসৎও ছিল না; বায়ু-অন্তরীক্ষ ছিল না, তার ওপারের আকাশও ছিল না। কী আচ্ছাদিত ছিল, কোথায়, কার আশ্রয়ে? সেটা কি গভীর, অতল জল ছিল?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "तेव्हा सत् नव्हते, असत् नव्हते; अंतरिक्ष नव्हते, त्यापलीकडील आकाशही नव्हते. कोणी आच्छादले होते, कुठे, कोणाच्या आश्रयात? ते खोल, अथांग जल होते काय?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "ત્યારે સત્ પણ ન હતું, અસત્ પણ ન હતું; અવકાશ ન હતો, તેનાથી પર આકાશ પણ ન હતું. શું આચ્છાદિત હતું, ક્યાં, કોના આશ્રયમાં? શું તે ઊંડું, અગાધ જળ હતું?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਉਦੋਂ ਨਾ ਸਤ੍ ਸੀ, ਨਾ ਅਸਤ੍ ਸੀ; ਨਾ ਹਵਾ-ਅੰਤਰਿਕਸ਼ ਸੀ, ਨਾ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਦਾ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਸੀ। ਕੀ ਢਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਸੀ, ਕਿੱਥੇ, ਕਿਸ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ? ਕੀ ਉਹ ਡੂੰਘਾ, ਅਥਾਹ ਜਲ ਸੀ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ସେତେବେଳେ ସତ୍ ନଥିଲା, ଅସତ୍ ମଧ୍ୟ ନଥିଲା; ଅନ୍ତରୀକ୍ଷ ନଥିଲା, ତାହାର ପରପାରିର ଆକାଶ ମଧ୍ୟ ନଥିଲା। କ'ଣ ଆବୃତ ଥିଲା, କେଉଁଠି, କାହାର ଆଶ୍ରୟରେ? ତାହା କ'ଣ ଗଭୀର, ଅତଳ ଜଳ ଥିଲା?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "اُس وقت نہ سَت تھا، نہ اسَت تھا؛ نہ فضائے ہوا تھی، نہ اُس سے پرے کا آسمان۔ کیا ڈھکا ہوا تھا، کہاں، کس کی پناہ میں؟ کیا وہ گہرا، ناپیدا کنار پانی تھا؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Then there was neither being nor non-being; there was no air-space, nor the sky beyond it. What was enveloped, where, and in whose shelter? Was it the deep, unfathomable water?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Entonces no había ser ni no-ser; no existía el espacio aéreo ni el cielo más allá. ¿Qué lo cubría, dónde, y bajo cuya protección? ¿Era el agua profunda e insondable?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Alors il n'y avait ni être ni non-être ; il n'y avait ni espace aérien ni ciel au-delà. Qu'est-ce qui enveloppait, où, et sous la protection de qui ? Était-ce l'eau profonde et insondable ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Damals war weder Sein noch Nicht-Sein; es gab weder den Luftraum noch den Himmel darüber. Was hüllte es ein, wo, und unter wessen Schutz? War es das tiefe, unergründliche Wasser?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Então não havia ser nem não-ser; não existia o espaço aéreo nem o céu além dele. O que envolvia, onde, e sob a proteção de quem? Era a água profunda e insondável?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Тогда не было ни сущего, ни не-сущего; не было воздушного пространства и неба за ним. Что было покрыто, где и под чьим покровом? Была ли то глубокая, бездонная вода?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "那时既无有，亦无无；既无气界，也无其上的天空。是什么遮蔽着？在何处，在谁的庇护之下？那是深邃不可测的水吗？",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "そのとき有もなく、非有もなかった。大気の空間もなく、その彼方の天空もなかった。何が覆っていたのか、どこに、誰の庇護のもとに。それは深く測り知れぬ水だったのか。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "حينئذٍ لم يكن وجودٌ ولا عدم، ولم يكن فضاءُ الهواء ولا السماءُ التي وراءه. ماذا كان يغطي، وأين، وفي حماية مَن؟ أكان ذلك الماءَ العميقَ الذي لا يُسبر؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Saat itu tidak ada yang ada maupun yang tiada; tidak ada ruang udara, tidak pula langit di baliknya. Apa yang meliputi, di mana, dan dalam perlindungan siapa? Apakah itu air yang dalam dan tak terduga?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ตอนนั้นไม่มีทั้งความมีและความไม่มี ไม่มีอากาศว่าง และไม่มีท้องฟ้าอยู่เหนือมัน อะไรถูกห่อหุ้มอยู่ที่ไหน ภายใต้การคุ้มครองของใคร น้ำนั้นลึกและหยั่งไม่ถึงหรือ",
      "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",
    "origin",
    "void"
  ],
  "citation": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.1. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.1/"
}