VS 17.29
परो दिवा पर ऽ एना पृथिव्या परो देवेभिर् असुरैर् यद् अस्ति । कꣳ स्विद् गर्भं प्रथमं दध्र आपो यत्र देवाः समपश्यन्त पूर्वे ॥
paro divā para ' enā pṛthivyā paro devebhir asurair yad asti | kam̐ svid garbhaṃ prathamaṃ dadhra āpo yatra devāḥ samapaśyanta pūrve ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
That which is earlier than this earth and heaven, before the Asuras and Gods had being,- What was the germ primeval which the waters received where all the Gods were seen together?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.82.5; the wording of this text may differ in places.