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Hear a seed · Ṛgveda 10.129

Nāsadīya Sūkta, verse 1

नासदासीन्नो सदासीत्तदानीं नासीद्रजो नो व्योमा परो यत् ।

किमावरीवः कुह कस्य शर्मन्नम्भः किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् ॥

nāsad āsīn no sad āsīt tadānīṃ nāsīd rajo no vyomā paro yat

kim āvarīvaḥ kuha kasya śarmann ambhaḥ kim āsīd gahanaṃ gabhīram

Then there was neither non-being nor being. There was no air, and no sky beyond it. What stirred? Where? In whose keeping? Was there water, fathomless and deep?

श्रवणं मननं निदिध्यासनम्

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पाठशाला

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Each topic here is a small course. Start with an overview, listen to the original Sanskrit chanted while the words light up on the page, then go verse by verse, word by word, and into the ideas behind it.

निःशुल्क Free नासदीय सूक्त Nāsadīya Sūkta The Hymn of Creation · Ṛgveda 10.129 Seven verses, three thousand years old, that ask how the universe began and end by admitting no one may know. 7 verses · 18 lessons Begin निःशुल्क Free पुरुषसूक्त Puruṣa Sūkta The Hymn of the Cosmic Person · Ṛgveda 10.90 Sixteen verses that picture the universe as one vast being, Puruṣa, offered in the first sacrifice, from whom sky, sun, the Vedas and society are born. 16 verses · 28 lessons Begin
निःशुल्क Free हिरण्यगर्भसूक्त Hiraṇyagarbha Sūkta Ṛgveda 10.121 Being sown

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आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतः

ā no bhadrāḥ kratavo yantu viśvataḥ

Let noble thoughts come to us from every side.

Ṛgveda 1.89.1