Rig Veda 10.129.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 129, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.129
न मृत्युरासीदमृतं न तर्हि न रात्र्या अह्न आसीत्प्रकेतः । आनीदवातं स्वधया तदेकं तस्माद्धान्यन्न परः किं चनास ॥
ná mṛtyúr āsīd amṛ́taṃ ná tárhi ná rā́tryā áhna āsīt praketáḥ | ā́nīd avātáṃ svadháyā tád ékaṃ tásmād dhā́nyan ná paraḥ kíṃ canā́sa ||
There was no death then, nor any deathless state; no sign of night or day was manifest. The One breathed without breath by its own power; apart from That, nothing else at all existed.
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