1. Hymn of Creation from the Rig Veda Science and Religion in Schools Project Unit 5c

2. Not even nothing existed then No air yet, and no heaven. Who encased and kept it where? Was water in the darkness there?

3. Neither deathlessness nor decay No, nor the rhythm of the night and day The self-existent, with breath sans air: That, and that alone was there.

4. Darkness was in darkness found Like light-less water all around. Once emerged, with nothing on It was from heat that this was born.

5. Who really knows, and who can swear, How creation arose, when or where! Even gods came after creation’s day, Who really knows, who can truly say

6. When and how did creation start? Did He do it? Or did He not? Only He up there knows, maybe; Or perhaps, not even He.