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Ṛgveda 10.129.6

ṛṣi
प्रजापतिः परमेष्ठी
devatā
भाववृत्तम्
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

ko a̱ddhā ve̍da̱ ka i̱ha pra vo̍ca̱tkuta̱ ājā̍tā̱ kuta̍ i̱yaṃ visṛ̍ṣṭiḥ |a̱rvāgde̱vā a̱sya vi̱sarja̍ne̱nāthā̱ ko ve̍da̱ yata̍ āba̱bhūva̍ ||

Transliteration IAST

ko a̱ddhā ve̍da̱ ka i̱ha pra vo̍ca̱tkuta̱ ājā̍tā̱ kuta̍ i̱yaṃ visṛ̍ṣṭiḥ | a̱rvāgde̱vā a̱sya vi̱sarja̍ne̱nāthā̱ ko ve̍da̱ yata̍ āba̱bhūva̍ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

कः | अद्धा | वेद | कः | इह | प्र | वोचत् | कुतः | आजाता | कुतः | इयम् | वि-सृष्टिः | अर्वाक् | देवाः | अस्य | वि-सर्जनेन | अथ | कः | वेद | यतः | आबभूव

kaḥ | addhā | veda | kaḥ | iha | pra | vocat | kutaḥ | ājātā | kutaḥ | iyam | vi-sṛṣṭiḥ | arvāk | devāḥ | asya | vi-sarjanena | atha | kaḥ | veda | yataḥ | ābabhūva

Translations signed

Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation? The Gods are later than this world's production. Who knows then whence it first came into being?

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

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  1. English Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation? The Gods are later than this world's production. Who knows then whence it first came into being? Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.10.129.6
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
text.deva
ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
text.iast
ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
text.pada_deva
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