ವೇದೊಪನಿಷತ್ತುಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ತಿಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ಗುರು - ಶಿಷ್ಯರ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅರಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಪರಿಯನ್ನು ಅದು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಸೃಷ್ಠಿ - ಆಕಾಶ ಹೇಗೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿತು ಅದು ಹುಟ್ಟುವದಕ್ಕೂ ಮೊದಲು ಏನಿತ್ತು? ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿಯಾದ ಬಗೆ ಹೀಗೆ ಹತ್ತು ಹಲುವು ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳನ್ನ ಹುಡುಕುವ ಒಂದು ಸಾಧನೆ.
ವೇದೊಪನಿಷತ್ತುಗಳಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಮೊನ್ನೆಯವರೆಗಿನ Big Bang to Black hole theory ವರೆಗೂ ಅದೊಂದು ಅದ್ಭುತ ಪಯಣ. ಇವನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಇಗ್ಯಾಕೆ ಹೇಳ್ತಿದ್ದಿನಂದ್ರೆ ಭಾರತ್ ಏಕ್ ಖೋಜ್ ಅನ್ನೋ ಪಂ.ನೆಹೆರೂ ರವರ Discovery of India ದ ಚಿತ್ತಿತ ರೂಪದ ಧಾರಾವಾಹಿ (ಶ್ಯಾಂ ಬೆನಗಲ್ - 1988) ಯ ಟೈಟಲ್ ಹಾಡು ತಲೆಕೆಡಿಸಿದೆ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಋಗ್ವೇದದ ೧೦ನೇ ಮಂಡಲದ ೧೨೯ನೇ ಸೂಕ್ತ , ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಎಂದೂ ಪರಿಚಿತವಿರುವ ನಾಸದೀಯ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಮತ್ತೂ ಮುಂದುವರೆದ ಸಾಲುಗಳು . ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ರಹಸ್ಸಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸುವ ರೀತಿ ತುಂಬ ಸೊಗಸಾಗಿದೆ.
नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानी॒म् नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत्।
किमाव॑रीव॒: कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नंभ॒: किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रम्॥१॥
Neither existence nor nonexistence was there Neither matter nor space around
What covered it, where it was and who protected?
Why, that plasma, all pervading, deep and profound?
न मृ॒त्युरा॑सीद॒मृतं॒ न तर्हि॒ न रात्र्या॒ अह्न॑ आसीत्प्रके॒तः।
आनी॑दवा॒तं स्व॒धया॒ तदेकं॒ तस्मा॑द्धा॒न्यन्न प॒रः किञ्च॒नास॑॥२॥
Neither death nor immortality was there And there was neither day nor night
But for that breathless one breathing on its own
There was nothing else, surely nothing
तम॑ आसी॒त्तम॑सा गू॒ळ्हमग्रे॑ऽप्रके॒तं स॑लि॒लं सर्व॑मा इ॒दं।
तु॒च्छ्येना॒भ्वपि॑हितं॒ यदासी॒त्तप॑स॒स्तन्म॑हि॒ना जा॑य॒तैकं॑॥ ३॥
It was darkness concealed in darknessAnd an uninterrupted continuum of fluid
Out came in material form and shape
That one lying deep inside, on its own intent.
काम॒स्तदग्रे॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॒ मन॑सो॒ रेत॑: प्रथ॒मं यदासी॑त्।
स॒तो बन्धु॒मस॑ति॒ निर॑विन्दन् हृ॒दि प्र॒तीष्या॑ क॒वयो॑ मनी॒षा॥४॥
In the cosmic mind, all pervading Desire, the primal seed made its first appearance
And the wise men, seeking deep in their heart
Could see the link between ‘that is’ and ‘that is not’.
ति॒र॒श्चीनो॒ वित॑तो र॒श्मिरे॑षाम॒धः स्वि॑दा॒सी ३ दु॒परि॑ स्विदासी ३ त्।
रे॒तो॒धा आ॑सन्महि॒मान॑ आसन्त्स्व॒धा आ॒वस्ता॒त्प्रय॑तिः प॒रस्ता॑त्॥५॥
Reins of the link, a grid of crisscross lines,Holds all the seeds and mighty forces,
Microcosmic forces within
And macro forces out above.
को अ॒द्धा वे॑द॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑च॒त्कुत॒ आजा॑ता॒ कुत॑ इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टिः।
अ॒र्वाग्दे॒वा अ॒स्य वि॒सर्ज॑ने॒नाथा॒ को वे॑द॒ यत॑ आब॒भूव॑॥६॥
Who really knows, who can declareWhen it started or where from?
And where will the creation end?
Seekers and sought entered later –
And so who knows when all this manifested?
इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टि॒र्यत॑ आब॒भूव॒ यदि॑ वा द॒धे यदि॑ वा॒ न।
यो अ॒स्याध्य॑क्षः पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्त्सो अ॒ङ्ग वे॑द॒ यदि॑ वा॒ न वेद॑॥ ७॥
That one, out of which the creation came May hold the reins or not,
Perceiving all from above, That one alone
Knows the beginning – may not know too.
नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानी॒म् नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत्।
किमाव॑रीव॒: कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नंभ॒: किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रम्॥१॥
Neither existence nor nonexistence was there Neither matter nor space around
What covered it, where it was and who protected?
Why, that plasma, all pervading, deep and profound?
न मृ॒त्युरा॑सीद॒मृतं॒ न तर्हि॒ न रात्र्या॒ अह्न॑ आसीत्प्रके॒तः।
आनी॑दवा॒तं स्व॒धया॒ तदेकं॒ तस्मा॑द्धा॒न्यन्न प॒रः किञ्च॒नास॑॥२॥
Neither death nor immortality was there And there was neither day nor night
But for that breathless one breathing on its own
There was nothing else, surely nothing
तम॑ आसी॒त्तम॑सा गू॒ळ्हमग्रे॑ऽप्रके॒तं स॑लि॒लं सर्व॑मा इ॒दं।
तु॒च्छ्येना॒भ्वपि॑हितं॒ यदासी॒त्तप॑स॒स्तन्म॑हि॒ना जा॑य॒तैकं॑॥ ३॥
It was darkness concealed in darknessAnd an uninterrupted continuum of fluid
Out came in material form and shape
That one lying deep inside, on its own intent.
काम॒स्तदग्रे॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॒ मन॑सो॒ रेत॑: प्रथ॒मं यदासी॑त्।
स॒तो बन्धु॒मस॑ति॒ निर॑विन्दन् हृ॒दि प्र॒तीष्या॑ क॒वयो॑ मनी॒षा॥४॥
In the cosmic mind, all pervading Desire, the primal seed made its first appearance
And the wise men, seeking deep in their heart
Could see the link between ‘that is’ and ‘that is not’.
ति॒र॒श्चीनो॒ वित॑तो र॒श्मिरे॑षाम॒धः स्वि॑दा॒सी ३ दु॒परि॑ स्विदासी ३ त्।
रे॒तो॒धा आ॑सन्महि॒मान॑ आसन्त्स्व॒धा आ॒वस्ता॒त्प्रय॑तिः प॒रस्ता॑त्॥५॥
Reins of the link, a grid of crisscross lines,Holds all the seeds and mighty forces,
Microcosmic forces within
And macro forces out above.
को अ॒द्धा वे॑द॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑च॒त्कुत॒ आजा॑ता॒ कुत॑ इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टिः।
अ॒र्वाग्दे॒वा अ॒स्य वि॒सर्ज॑ने॒नाथा॒ को वे॑द॒ यत॑ आब॒भूव॑॥६॥
Who really knows, who can declareWhen it started or where from?
And where will the creation end?
Seekers and sought entered later –
And so who knows when all this manifested?
इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टि॒र्यत॑ आब॒भूव॒ यदि॑ वा द॒धे यदि॑ वा॒ न।
यो अ॒स्याध्य॑क्षः पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्त्सो अ॒ङ्ग वे॑द॒ यदि॑ वा॒ न वेद॑॥ ७॥
That one, out of which the creation came May hold the reins or not,
Perceiving all from above, That one alone
Knows the beginning – may not know too.
(2)
Srishtee se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin
Antariksh bhi nahin, akash bhin nahin thaa
chhipaa thaa kyaa kahaan, kisne dhakaa thaa
us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa
Srishtee kaa kaun hai kartaa
Kartaa hai vaa akartaa
Oonche aakash mein rahtaa
Sada adhyaksh banaa rahtaa
Wahin sachmuch mein jaantaa..Yaa nahin bhi jaanataa
Hai kisi ko nahin pataa, nahin pataa,
Nahin hai pataa, nahin hai pataa
Weh tha hiranyagarbh srishti se pehle vidyamaan
Wahi to saare bhoot jaat ka swami mahaan
jo hai astitvamaana dharti aasmaan dhaaran kar
Aise kis devta ki upasana karein hum avi dekar
Jis ke bal par tejomay hai ambar
Prithvi hari bhari sthapit sthir
Swarg aur sooraj bhi sthir
Aise kis devta ki upasana karein hum avi dekar
Garbh mein apne agni dhaaran kar paida kar
Vyapa tha jal idhar udhar neeche upar
Jagaa chuke vo ka ekameva pran bankar
Aise kis devta ki upasana karein hum avi dekar
Om ! Srishti nirmata swarg rachiyata purvaj raksha kar
Satya dharma palak atul jal niyamak raksha kar
Phaili hain dishayen bahu jaisi uski sab mein sab par
Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar.
