Nasadiya Sukta begins with the statement: "Then, there was neither existence, nor non-existence." It ponders over when, why and by whom the universe came into being in a very sincere contemplative tone, and provides no definite answers. Rather, it concludes that the gods too may not know, as they came after creation, and that even the surveyor of that which has been created, in the highest heaven may or may not know. To this extent, the conventional English title Hymn of Creation is perhaps misleading, since the poem does not itself present a cosmogony or creation myth akin to those found in other religious texts, instead provoking the listener to question whether such questions can ever be answered . Interpretations
Nasadiya Sukta begins with the statement: "Then, there was neither existence, nor non-existence." It ponders over when, why and by whom the universe came into being in a very sincere contemplative tone, and provides no definite answers. Rather, it concludes that the gods too may not know, as they came after creation, and that even the surveyor of that which has been created, in the highest heaven may or may not know. To this extent, the conventional English title Hymn of Creation is perhaps misleading, since the poem does not itself present a cosmogony or creation myth akin to those found in other religious texts, instead provoking the listener to question whether one can ever know the origins of the universe . Interpretations
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such questions can ever be answered
one can ever know the origins of the universe