नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानीं॒ नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत् ।
किमाव॑रीव॒: कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नम्भ॒: किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रम् ॥
इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टि॒र्यत॑ आब॒भूव॒ यदि॑ वा द॒धे यदि॑ वा॒ न ।
यो अ॒स्याध्य॑क्षः पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्त्सो अ॒ङ्ग वे॑द॒ यदि॑ वा॒ न वेद॑ ॥

Then, there was neither existence nor non-existence.
There was neither death nor deathlessness then.
In the beginning, darkness was hidden by darkness.
Then desire first arose in It —The primal seed, born of mind.
The sages, searching within their hearts,
Discovered the bond between existence and non-existence.
Who truly knows? Who shall here proclaim it?
Whence was it born? Whence this creation?
The gods are later than this world’s arising —
Who then knows from where it came?
Whence this creation came, whether it was founded or not,
He who surveys it in the highest heaven —
He alone knows… or perhaps even He knows not.

Rigveda 1:129