{
  "id": "yajurveda/23.59",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.59/",
  "work": {
    "key": "yajurveda",
    "title": "Yajurveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "23.59",
  "speaker": "Aśvamedhika āhuti mantras · riddle of the cosmos",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "को ऽ अस्य वेद भुवनस्य नाभिं को द्यावापृथिवी ऽ अन्तरिक्षम् ।\nकः सूर्यस्य वेद बृहतो जनित्रं को वेद चन्द्रमसं यतोजाः ॥ २३.५९ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "ko ' asya veda bhuvanasya nābhiṃ ko dyāvāpṛthivī ' antarikṣam |\nkaḥ sūryasya veda bṛhato janitraṃ ko veda candramasaṃ yatojāḥ || 23.59 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "kaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asya",
      "meaning": "of this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "veda",
      "meaning": "knows",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhuvanasya",
      "meaning": "of the world",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nābhim",
      "meaning": "navel, center",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dyāvāpṛthivī",
      "meaning": "heaven and earth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "antarikṣam",
      "meaning": "the atmosphere",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sūryasya",
      "meaning": "of the sun",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bṛhataḥ",
      "meaning": "of the vast",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "janitram",
      "meaning": "birth, origin",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "veda",
      "meaning": "knows",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "candramasam",
      "meaning": "the moon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yatojāḥ",
      "meaning": "born from whence",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "इस भुवन की नाभि को कौन जानता है? द्यु-पृथिवी और अन्तरिक्ष को कौन जानता है? विशाल सूर्य के जन्मस्थान को कौन जानता है? जिससे उत्पन्न चन्द्रमा को कौन जानता है?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "இந்த உலகின் நாபியை யார் அறிவார்? வானையும் பூமியையும் அந்தரிக்ஷத்தையும் யார் அறிவார்? பெரிய சூரியனின் பிறப்பிடத்தை யார் அறிவார்? எதிலிருந்து பிறந்த சந்திரனை யார் அறிவார்?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "ఈ భువనానికి నాభిని ఎవరు తెలుసు? ద్యావాపృథివిని, అంతరిక్షాన్ని ఎవరు తెలుసు? మహా సూర్యుని జన్మస్థానాన్ని ఎవరు తెలుసు? దేనినుండి జన్మించిన చంద్రుని ఎవరు తెలుసు?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಈ ಭುವನದ ನಾಭಿಯನ್ನು ಯಾರು ಬಲ್ಲರು? ದ್ಯಾವಾಪೃಥಿವಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತರಿಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಯಾರು ಬಲ್ಲರು? ಮಹಾ ಸೂರ್ಯನ ಜನ್ಮಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ಯಾರು ಬಲ್ಲರು? ಯಾವುದರಿಂದ ಜನಿಸಿದ ಚಂದ್ರನನ್ನು ಯಾರು ಬಲ್ಲರು?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ഈ ഭുവനത്തിന്റെ നാഭി ആരറിയുന്നു? ദ്യാവാപൃഥിവിയെയും അന്തരീക്ഷത്തെയും ആരറിയുന്നു? മഹാനായ സൂര്യന്റെ ജന്മസ്ഥാനം ആരറിയുന്നു? എവിടെനിന്ന് ജനിച്ച ചന്ദ്രനെ ആരറിയുന്നു?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "এই ভুবনের নাভি কে জানে? দ্যাবাপৃথিবী ও অন্তরিক্ষ কে জানে? বৃহৎ সূর্যের জন্মস্থান কে জানে? যাঁর থেকে জাত চন্দ্রকে কে জানে?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "या भुवनाची नाभी कोणाला माहीत आहे? द्यावापृथिवी व अंतरिक्ष कोणाला माहीत आहे? महान सूर्याचा जन्म कोणाला माहीत आहे? ज्यापासून जन्मलेल्या चंद्राला कोण जाणतो?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "આ ભુવનની નાભિને કોણ જાણે છે? દ્યાવાપૃથિવી અને અંતરિક્ષને કોણ જાણે છે? મહાન સૂર્યનું જન્મસ્થાન કોણ જાણે છે? જેમાંથી જન્મેલા ચંદ્રને કોણ જાણે છે?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਇਸ ਭੁਵਨ ਦੀ ਨਾਭੀ ਨੂੰ ਕੌਣ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ? ਦਿਆਵਾਪ੍ਰਿਥਿਵੀ ਅਤੇ ਅੰਤਰਿਕਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਕੌਣ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ? ਮਹਾਨ ਸੂਰਜ ਦਾ ਜਨਮ-ਸਥਾਨ ਕੌਣ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ? ਜਿਸ ਤੋਂ ਜਨਮਿਆ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ, ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕੌਣ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ଏହି ଭୁବନର ନାଭି କିଏ ଜାଣେ? ଦ୍ୟାବାପୃଥିବୀ ଓ ଅନ୍ତରିକ୍ଷକୁ କିଏ ଜାଣେ? ମହାନ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଙ୍କ ଜନ୍ମସ୍ଥାନ କିଏ ଜାଣେ? ଯାହାଠାରୁ ଜନ୍ମିତ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରକୁ କିଏ ଜାଣେ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "اس بھُون کی ناف کون جانتا ہے؟ دیاوا پرتھوی اور انتریکش کو کون جانتا ہے؟ عظیم سورج کا مولد کون جانتا ہے؟ جس سے پیدا ہونے والے چاند کو کون جانتا ہے؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Who knows the navel of this world? Who knows heaven and earth and the atmosphere? Who knows the birthplace of the vast sun? Who knows the moon, from whence it was born?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "¿Quién conoce el ombligo de este mundo? ¿Quién conoce el cielo, la tierra y el aire intermedio? ¿Quién conoce el origen del vasto sol? ¿Quién conoce la luna, de dónde nació?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Qui connaît le nombril de ce monde ? Qui connaît le ciel, la terre et l'atmosphère ? Qui connaît l'origine du vaste soleil ? Qui connaît la lune, d'où elle est née ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Wer kennt den Nabel dieser Welt? Wer kennt Himmel und Erde und den Luftraum? Wer kennt den Ursprung der großen Sonne? Wer kennt den Mond, woher er geboren ist?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Quem conhece o umbigo deste mundo? Quem conhece o céu, a terra e o espaço intermédio? Quem conhece a origem do vasto sol? Quem conhece a lua, de onde nasceu?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Кто знает пуп этого мира? Кто знает небо, землю и воздушное пространство? Кто знает рождение великого солнца? Кто знает луну, из чего она родилась?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "谁知道这世界的脐？谁知道天、地与虚空？谁知道广大太阳的生处？谁知道月亮从何而生？",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "この世界のへそを誰が知るか。天地と中空を誰が知るか。広大な太陽の生まれを誰が知るか。どこから生じた月を誰が知るか。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "من يعرف سُرّة هذا العالم؟ من يعرف السماء والأرض والفضاء؟ من يعرف منبت الشمس العظيمة؟ من يعرف القمر، من أين وُلد؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Siapakah yang mengetahui pusat dunia ini? Siapakah yang mengetahui langit, bumi, dan angkasa? Siapakah yang mengetahui kelahiran matahari yang agung? Siapakah yang mengetahui bulan, dari mana ia lahir?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ใครรู้สะดือของโลกนี้ ใครรู้ท้องฟ้า แผ่นดิน และอากาศ ใครรู้กำเนิดของพระอาทิตย์อันยิ่งใหญ่ ใครรู้พระจันทร์ว่าเกิดจากสิ่งใด",
      "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 २३” (revision 348211)",
    "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%A8%E0%A5%A9&oldid=348211"
  },
  "topics": [
    "cosmology",
    "riddle",
    "creation",
    "sun"
  ],
  "citation": "Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.59. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.59/"
}