Rigveda 10.129.04
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 129 · Verse 10.129.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
काम॒स्तदग्रे॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॒ मन॑सो॒ रेतः॑ प्रथ॒मं यदासी॑त् । स॒तो बन्धु॒मस॑ति॒ निर॑विन्दन्हृ॒दि प्र॒तीष्या॑ क॒वयो॑ मनी॒षा
kāmastadagre samavartatādhi manaso retaḥ prathamaṃ yadāsīt sato bandhumasati niravindanhṛdi pratīṣyā kavayo manīṣā
Desire came forward first among what was in the mind, the primal semen. Poets, pondering in hearts like lotus, sought its kin from truth; thus was thought born.
In the beginning there was desire, which was the first seed of mind; sages having meditated in theirhearts have discovered by their wisdom the connexion of the existent with te non-existent.
Thereafter rose Desire in the beginning, Desire, the primal seed and germ of Spirit. Sages who searched with their heart's thought discovered the existent's kinship in the non-existent.