Rigveda 1.164.04
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
को द॑दर्श प्रथ॒मं जाय॑मानमस्थ॒न्वन्तं॒ यद॑न॒स्था बिभ॑र्ति । भूम्या॒ असु॒रसृ॑गा॒त्मा क्व॑ स्वि॒त्को वि॒द्वांस॒मुप॑ गा॒त्प्रष्टु॑मे॒तत्
ko dadarśa prathamaṃ jāyamānamasthanvantaṃ yadanasthā bibharti bhūmyā asurasṛgātmā kva svitko vidvāṃsamupa gātpraṣṭumetat
Who first saw the one born without seat that bore up the unsteady? From the earth sprang the host of Asuras; who, learned, went to seek the wise one?
Who has seen the primeval (being) at the time of his being born; what is that endowed with substance which the unsubstantial sustains; from earth are the breath and blood; but where is the soul; who may repair to the sage to ask this?
Who hath beheld him as he sprang to being, seen how the boneless One supports the bony? Where is the blood of earth, the life, the spirit? Who may approach the man who knows, to ask it?