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Ṛgveda 10.129.1

ṛṣi
प्रजापतिः परमेष्ठी
devatā
भाववृत्तम्
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

nāsa̍dāsī̱nno sadā̍sītta̱dānī̱ṃ nāsī̱drajo̱ no vyo̍mā pa̱ro yat |kimāva̍rīva̱ḥ kuha̱ kasya̱ śarma̱nnambha̱ḥ kimā̍sī̱dgaha̍naṃ gabhī̱ram ||

Transliteration IAST

nāsa̍dāsī̱nno sadā̍sītta̱dānī̱ṃ nāsī̱drajo̱ no vyo̍mā pa̱ro yat | kimāva̍rīva̱ḥ kuha̱ kasya̱ śarma̱nnambha̱ḥ kimā̍sī̱dgaha̍naṃ gabhī̱ram ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

न | असत् | आसीत् | नो इति | सत् | आसीत् | तदानीम् | न | आसीत् | रजः | नो इति | वि-ओम | परः | यत् | किम् | आ | अवरीवरिति | कुह | कस्य | शर्मन् | अम्भः | किम् | आसीत् | गहनम् | गभीरम्

na | asat | āsīt | no iti | sat | āsīt | tadānīm | na | āsīt | rajaḥ | no iti | vi-oma | paraḥ | yat | kim | ā | avarīvariti | kuha | kasya | śarman | ambhaḥ | kim | āsīt | gahanam | gabhīram

Translations signed

THEN was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it. What covered in, and where? and what gave shelter? Was water there, unfathomed depth of water?

Ralph T.H. GriffithThe Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary, 1896 · public domain

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  1. English THEN was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it. What covered in, and where? and what gave shelter? Was water there, unfathomed depth of water? Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.10.129.1
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0