Who knows? Given our citta, we can speculate as the creation hymn of Rigveda did.
Was there a big bang? Does it continue to resonate as pranava in every aatman? Is the consequence of the bang ongoing in a relentless march of the cosmos?
There seems to be an ordering in the cosmic phenomena, the planets and milky ways are not falling apart but acting in a rtam.
Is this rtam manifest as citta, consciousness phenomenon about which we are groping in the black hole?
Who knows?
Kalyanaraman
Sarasvati Research Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN5xgf9gFeo
Was there a big bang? Does it continue to resonate as pranava in every aatman? Is the consequence of the bang ongoing in a relentless march of the cosmos?
There seems to be an ordering in the cosmic phenomena, the planets and milky ways are not falling apart but acting in a rtam.
Is this rtam manifest as citta, consciousness phenomenon about which we are groping in the black hole?
Who knows?
Kalyanaraman
Sarasvati Research Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN5xgf9gFeo
Published on Jan 26, 2010
Nasadiya sukta - Hymn of creation Rig veda 10th Mandala 129 sukta
English Translation ( hard to translate as English does't have the conceptual constructs required to translate it; this is the best you can get )
(1) 'there existed no being, nor did any non-being then; no air, no sky beyond that; what was that which covered, and what, where; under whose protection; and was there that deep unfathomable water?
(2) 'there was no mortality, and hence no immortality; there was no indication of neither night, nor day; He (that), alone, breathed with no wind, (but) with his own will-power; no other thing than that existed beyond'
(3) 'darkness was that which darkness covered before; this all was water with no indication of it whatsoever; that which was there to come about, was covered with void; THAT, alone, by power of heat (tapas), came into being'
(4) 'desire was there in him before, the first seed of thought that it was; in their hearts, searching with their wisdom, the sages found their bonds with being, in the non-being'
(5) 'their rays extending obliquely were below or above (no one knows);
the force of creation, the great vital energy , was there; above was the
power of will, below was the discipline (svadhā)'
(6) 'who could know here for sure, who could further explain, whence this
creation came about, and progressing to where on this side; gods were
born with its progression; who then knows from whence THIS came
about'
(7) 'from whence this creation arose; did he create, or did he not? HE who presides over it in the highest heaven, HE alone for sure knows, or may be HE does not know
English Translation ( hard to translate as English does't have the conceptual constructs required to translate it; this is the best you can get )
(1) 'there existed no being, nor did any non-being then; no air, no sky beyond that; what was that which covered, and what, where; under whose protection; and was there that deep unfathomable water?
(2) 'there was no mortality, and hence no immortality; there was no indication of neither night, nor day; He (that), alone, breathed with no wind, (but) with his own will-power; no other thing than that existed beyond'
(3) 'darkness was that which darkness covered before; this all was water with no indication of it whatsoever; that which was there to come about, was covered with void; THAT, alone, by power of heat (tapas), came into being'
(4) 'desire was there in him before, the first seed of thought that it was; in their hearts, searching with their wisdom, the sages found their bonds with being, in the non-being'
(5) 'their rays extending obliquely were below or above (no one knows);
the force of creation, the great vital energy , was there; above was the
power of will, below was the discipline (svadhā)'
(6) 'who could know here for sure, who could further explain, whence this
creation came about, and progressing to where on this side; gods were
born with its progression; who then knows from whence THIS came
about'
(7) 'from whence this creation arose; did he create, or did he not? HE who presides over it in the highest heaven, HE alone for sure knows, or may be HE does not know