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38 THE DOCTRINE OF MAYAR.V. x. 129.1. Then was neither Being nor Non-Being,No realm of air, no sky beyond ;What envelopedall ? Where ? In whose care ?Were waters there, the deep abyss ?2. Twas neither death nor life immortal,No night was there, no day s appearance ;The One in its spontaneity did airless breathe,Beyond it naught was in existence.3. Darkness was there ;at first bydarkness covered,The world was ocean without distinction ;But a pregnant germ lay hidden in shell,The One engendered by force of heat.4. Within it at first arose Desire,Which was the primal seed of mind ;The root of Being in Non-Being SagesSearching by wisdom in the heart discovered.5. When like a ray their being they spread,What was below ? what was above ?Seed-bearers were there,great powers too,Spontaneity beneath and effort above.6. Who knows, in sooth ? Who here can tell ?Whence it became ? Whence this creation ?The gods came later than its creation,So who can tell whence all this arose ?7.From whom arose this whole creation,Whether he produced it or not he ;WTho in highest heaven surveys it,He knows it well or even not he.