{
  "id": "yajurveda/17.18",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.18/",
  "work": {
    "key": "yajurveda",
    "title": "Yajurveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "17.18",
  "speaker": "Agnicayana · to the cosmic creator",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "किꣳ स्विद् आसीद् अधिष्ठानम् आरम्भणं कतमत् स्वित् कथासीत् ।\nयतो भूमिं जनयन् विश्वकर्मा वि द्याम् और्णोन् महिना विश्वचक्षाः ॥ १७.१८ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "kiṃ svid āsīd adhiṣṭhānam ārambhaṇaṃ katamat svit kathāsīt |\nyato bhūmiṃ janayan viśvakarmā vi dyām aurṇon mahinā viśvacakṣāḥ || 17.18 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "kim",
      "meaning": "what",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "svit",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āsīt",
      "meaning": "was",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "adhiṣṭhānam",
      "meaning": "support",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ārambhaṇam",
      "meaning": "ground of beginning",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "katamat",
      "meaning": "which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "svit",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kathā",
      "meaning": "how",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āsīt",
      "meaning": "was",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yataḥ",
      "meaning": "from which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhūmim",
      "meaning": "earth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "janayan",
      "meaning": "producing",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "viśvakarmā",
      "meaning": "all-maker",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vi",
      "meaning": "apart",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dyām",
      "meaning": "heaven",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aurṇot",
      "meaning": "spread",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mahinā",
      "meaning": "by greatness",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "viśvacakṣāḥ",
      "meaning": "all-seeing",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "वह आधार क्या था, आरम्भ का स्थान क्या था, और वह कैसे था? जहाँ से विश्वकर्मा ने पृथ्वी को उत्पन्न करते हुए अपनी महिमा से द्युलोक को फैलाया, वह सर्वद्रष्टा था।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "ஆதாரம் எது, ஆரம்பத்தின் நிலை எது, அது எவ்வாறு இருந்தது? எதிலிருந்து விஸ்வகர்மா பூமியைப் படைத்து, தன் மகிமையால் வானைப் பரப்பினாரோ, அந்த சர்வ திருஷ்டா.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "ఆధారం ఏది, ఆరంభ స్థానం ఏది, అది ఎలా ఉండెను? దేని నుండి విశ్వకర్మ భూమిని సృష్టిస్తూ తన మహిమతో ద్యులోకాన్ని విస్తరించాడో, అతడు సర్వద్రష్ట.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಆಧಾರ ಯಾವುದಾಗಿತ್ತು, ಆರಂಭದ ನೆಲೆ ಯಾವುದು, ಅದು ಹೇಗಿತ್ತು? ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ ವಿಶ್ವಕರ್ಮನು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತಾ ತನ್ನ ಮಹಿಮೆಯಿಂದ ಆಕಾಶವನ್ನು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿದನೋ, ಅವನು ಸರ್ವದರ್ಶಿ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "അടിസ്ഥാനം ഏതായിരുന്നു, ആരംഭസ്ഥാനം ഏതായിരുന്നു, അത് എങ്ങനെയായിരുന്നു? എവിടെനിന്ന് വിശ്വകർമ്മാവ് ഭൂമിയെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ച്, തന്റെ മഹിമയാൽ ദ്യുലോകത്തെ വിരിച്ചുവോ, ആ സർവദർശി.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "আধার কী ছিল, আরম্ভের ভিত্তি কী ছিল, তা কেমন ছিল? যাঁর থেকে বিশ্বকর্মা পৃথিবী সৃষ্টি করে মহিমায় দ্যুলোক বিস্তার করেছিলেন, তিনি সর্বদ্রষ্টা।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "आधार कोणता होता, आरंभाचे स्थान कोणते होते, ते कसे होते? ज्यापासून विश्वकर्म्याने पृथ्वी निर्माण करून आपल्या महिम्याने द्युलोक पसरवला, तो सर्वद्रष्टा.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "આધાર શું હતો, આરંભનું સ્થાન શું હતું, તે કેવું હતું? જ્યાંથી વિશ્વકર્માએ પૃથ્વી સર્જી અને મહિમાથી દ્યુલોક વિસ્તાર્યો, તે સર્વદ્રષ્ટા.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਆਧਾਰ ਕੀ ਸੀ, ਆਰੰਭ ਦਾ ਸਥਾਨ ਕੀ ਸੀ, ਉਹ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਸੀ? ਜਿਸ ਤੋਂ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕਰਮਾ ਨੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਰਚ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਨਾਲ ਅਕਾਸ਼ ਫੈਲਾਇਆ, ਉਹ ਸਰਵਦ੍ਰਸ਼ਟਾ ਸੀ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ଆଧାର କ'ଣ ଥିଲା, ଆରମ୍ଭର ସ୍ଥାନ କ'ଣ ଥିଲା, ତାହା କିପରି ଥିଲା? ଯାହାଠାରୁ ବିଶ୍ୱକର୍ମା ପୃଥିବୀ ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରି ମହିମାରେ ଦ୍ୟୁଲୋକ ବିସ୍ତାର କଲେ, ସେ ସର୍ବଦ୍ରଷ୍ଟା।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "بنیاد کیا تھی، ابتدا کا مقام کیا تھا، وہ کیسا تھا؟ جس سے وشوکرما نے زمین کو پیدا کرتے ہوئے اپنی عظمت سے آسمان کو پھیلایا، وہ سب کو دیکھنے والا تھا۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "What was the support, what the ground of beginning, and how was it? From which the all-maker, producing the earth, spread out the heaven with his greatness, the all-seeing one.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "¿Cuál fue el sostén, cuál el fundamento del comienzo, y cómo era? Desde donde el Creador de todo, produciendo la tierra, desplegó el cielo con su grandeza, el omnividente.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Quel était le support, quel le fondement du commencement, et comment était-il? D'où le Faiseur de toutes choses, produisant la terre, déploya le ciel par sa grandeur, le Tout-voyant.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Was war die Stütze, was der Grund des Anfangs, und wie war es? Woraus der Allschöpfer, die Erde hervorbringend, mit seiner Größe den Himmel ausbreitete, der Allsehende.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Qual era o sustentáculo, qual o fundamento do início, e como era? Donde o Criador de tudo, produzindo a terra, estendeu o céu com sua grandeza, o onividente.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Что было опорой, что основой начала, и каков оно было? Откуда Творец всего, рождая землю, своим величием раскинул небо, всевидящий.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "什么是基础，什么是开始的根源，它是怎样的？那从中造出大地、以其伟大展开天空的一切造作者，那全视者。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "支えは何であったか、始まりの基は何か、それはいかなるものであったか。大地を生じ、その偉大さで天を広げた一切の造り主、全てを見る者は、いずこから。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "ما كان السند، وما كان أساس البداية، وكيف كان؟ من حيث أحدث صانع الكل الأرض، ونشر السماء بعظمته، الرائي لكل شيء.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Apakah penopangnya, apakah dasar permulaannya, dan bagaimanakah adanya? Dari mana sang Pencipta semesta, menghasilkan bumi, membentangkan langit dengan keagungannya, Yang Maha Melihat.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "อะไรเป็นที่รองรับ อะไรเป็นพื้นแห่งการเริ่มต้น และอะไรเป็นเช่นนั้น จากผู้ใดที่ผู้สร้างทุกสิ่งให้กำเนิดแผ่นดิน และแผ่ขยายสวรรค์ออกไปด้วยความยิ่งใหญ่ ผู้ทรงเห็นทั่วทุกด้าน",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Śukla Yajurveda, Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, Mādhyandina recension (unaccented, as on Wikisource), Sanskrit Wikisource, page “शुक्लयजुर्वेदः/अध्यायः १७” (revision 365607)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83%2F%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD&oldid=365607"
  },
  "topics": [
    "cosmogony",
    "creation",
    "sacrifice"
  ],
  "citation": "Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.18. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.18/"
}