Rigveda 1.164.37
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.37
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न वि जा॑नामि॒ यदि॑वे॒दमस्मि॑ नि॒ण्यः संन॑द्धो॒ मन॑सा चरामि । य॒दा माग॑न्प्रथम॒जा ऋ॒तस्यादिद्वा॒चो अ॑श्नुवे भा॒गम॒स्याः
na vi jānāmi yadivedamasmi niṇyaḥ saṃnaddho manasā carāmi yadā māganprathamajā ṛtasyādidvāco aśnuve bhāgamasyāḥ
I do not know, if I am Veda; unmoved, I wander with mind. When first-born sought the law or ate the word, he partook of a share of that.
I distinguish not if I am this all; for I go perplexed, and bound in mind; when the first-born (perceptions) of the truth reach me, then immediately shall I obtain a portion (of the meaning) of that (sacred) word.
What thing I truly am I know not clearly: mysterious, fettered in my mind I wander. When the first-born of holy Law approached me, then of this speech