DAY 200

Who Truly Knows

Rigveda 10.129.6
기원전 1500~1200년경(구전 전승)
ORIGINAL
को अद्धा वेद क इह प्र वोचत् (ko addhā veda ka iha pra vocat)
📜 THE VERSE

Who truly knows, and who can say — whence this world came, whence this creation arose? The sages came after all things were made; who then has seen the beginning?

❓ TODAY'S QUESTION

Before a question I cannot answer, do I have the courage to honestly say 'I do not know'?

📝Reflection

One of the oldest scriptures honestly confesses that perhaps no one knows the origin of the world. 'Even the sages came after all things were made' — so there is no witness to the beginning. I feel this honesty is larger than any certainty. Only those who can say 'I do not know' keep asking, and only those who keep asking keep learning. Certainty closes the door; an honest question leaves it open.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

In a conversation today, do not pretend to know what you are unsure of — say honestly, once, 'I really don't know that either.'

📖 Source: Rigveda 10.129.6. Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.

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