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nAsadIya

101291a nAsad AsIn no sad AsIt tadAnIm
Then even non-existence was not there, nor existence,

101291b nAsId rajo no vyomA paro yat
There was no air then, nor the space beyond it.

101291c kim AvarIvaH kuha kasya zarmann
What covered it? Where was it? In whose keeping?

101291d ambhaH kim AsId gahanaM gabhIram
Was there then cosmic fluid, in depths unfathomed?

101292a na mRtyur AsId amRtanM na tarhi
Then there was neither death nor immortality

101292b na rAtriyA ahna AsIt praketaH
nor was there then the torch of night and day.

101292c AnId avAtaM svadhayA tad ekam
The One breathed windlessly and self-sustaining.

101292d tasmAd dhAnyan na paraH kiM canAsa
There was that One then, and there was no other.

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