Vedic Literature > Rig Veda > Wisdom of Veda > Satyam-Ritam

(RV 10.190.1)

ŗtam cha satyam ch-ābhīdhdāt-tapaso-adhyajāyata,

Truth was born and the Law of Truth, from the kindled fire of Energy of Consciousness.

The Supreme Reality is not a mere existence, immutable and featureless. It is supremely aware; it is a Consciousness. And this Consciousness is again not a mere awareness. It is dynamic, it is a Power. When this Consciousness as Power moves into action, creation ensues. First the Truth basing the creation, the satyam, formulates itself and then the Law of the working of that Truth, ritam. This self-determination of Truth is the seed of creation and its Law lays down the lines and governs the development of the manifestation.

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