Nāsadīya Sūktam - Hymn of Creation

Nāsadīya Sūktam

Then… there was neither existence nor non-existence. 
There was no realm of air, no sky beyond it. 
There was neither the smallest particle nor the vastest void. What then stirred? Where, and under whose will? 
Was there even the deep cosmic ocean?There was no death — nor immortality. 

No distinction of night or day. That One breathed, windless, by Its own power and glory —  for truly, there was nothing else apart from It. Darkness. Only darkness, wrapped in deeper darkness —  
indistinguishable, formless, void. 
All that existed was an unfathomable ocean of ether. From within that stillness, 
a subtle impulse — ābhu, the yearning to be —  
arose by Its own will. 

Through the fire of energy, the One came to be. Then, desire (kāma), 
the primal seed of mind, was born — the bridge between sat (Being) and asat (Non-Being). 
The wise, searching within their hearts, 
perceived that link, that first stirring of consciousness. From this origin, rays burst forth — flowing downward, surging upward. 

From within and without, the forces that sustained the seed of creation moved in power and purpose. 

But who truly knows? Who can speak with certainty of where this vast creation came from? 

For even the gods are later than this beginning —  
so who indeed can tell how it all arose? 

And why — if at all — was this creation made? 
Was it fashioned by a will, or did it simply become? That One alone —  
which presides in the highest realm —  
may know. 
Or perhaps… 
even It knows not.  

This is the Nāsadīya Sūktam, (10.129) the hymn of beginnings, of meditation, and of divine doubt —  
where wonder itself becomes worship.  

नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानीं॒ नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत् ।

किमाव॑रीवः॒ कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नंभः॒ किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रं ॥

न मृ॒त्युरा॑सीद॒मृतं॒ न तर्हि॒ न रात्र्या॒ अह्न॑ आसीत्प्रके॒तः ।

आनी॑दवा॒तं स्व॒धया॒ तदेकं॒ तस्मा॑द्धा॒न्यन्न प॒रः किं च॒नास॑ ॥

तम॑ आसी॒त्तम॑सा गू॒ळ्हमग्रे॑ऽप्रके॒तं स॑लि॒लं सर्व॑मा इ॒दं ।

तु॒च्छ्येना॒भ्वपि॑हितं॒ यदासी॒त्तप॑स॒स्तन्म॑हि॒नाजा॑य॒तैकं॑ ॥

काम॒स्तदग्रे॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॒ मन॑सो॒ रेतः॑ प्रथ॒मं यदासी॑त् ।

स॒तो बंधु॒मस॑ति॒ निर॑विंदन्हृ॒दि प्र॒तीष्या॑ क॒वयो॑ मनी॒षा ॥

ति॒र॒श्चीनो॒ वित॑तो र॒श्मिरे॑षाम॒धः स्वि॑दा॒सी३दु॒परि॑ स्विदासी३त् ।

रे॒तो॒धा आ॑सन्महि॒मान॑ आसन्त्स्व॒धा अ॒वस्ता॒त्प्रय॑तिः प॒रस्ता॑त् ॥

को अ॒द्धा वे॑द॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑च॒त्कुत॒ आजा॑ता॒ कुत॑ इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टिः ।

अ॒र्वाग्दे॒वा अ॒स्य वि॒सर्ज॑ने॒नाथा॒ को वे॑द॒ यत॑ आब॒भूव॑ ॥

इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टि॒र्यत॑ आब॒भूव॒ यदि॑ वा द॒धे यदि॑ वा॒ न ।

यो अ॒स्याध्य॑क्षः पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्त्सो अं॒ग वे॑द॒ यदि॑ वा॒ न वेद॑ ॥

Reference:

https://sri-aurobindo.co.in/workings/matherials/rigveda/10/10-129.htm