If there were a poetic way to describe the beginning of the universe, i.e. the well supported and popular Big Bang theory, I believe “The Song of Creation” from Rig Veda would be it.
From the first few lines to the very last ones, the whole song suggested the same thing to me, i.e. the birth of the universe as we know it today. Every part of the song hints, to me, that the writers of the Rig Veda were advanced beyond their times. They seem to accept the idea of not knowing how the universe came to be or where it started from. The song seems logical and not just provide possible fictional answers to the conceiving of the world and mankind. This poem sounds more scientific than an art work. It raises curiosity through the questions, like:
The general idea of futuristic and wise acceptance of “nothingness” in The Song of Creation is suggested by the vocabulary. The vocabulary helps provide to the reader a clue that the author seems to know more than he lets on. His theory of the creation of the universe doesn’t just sound poetic, but also logical.
Like I mentioned before, the author likes to hint of his knowing beyond his poetic arrangement of words. I picked this up from some of the phrases that he used. Some examples I’ve underlined are as follows:
Love that you included how you marked up the text!
It’s a fascinating idea that the Rig Veda, in its vocabulary and approach, comes off as more scientific. It could be interesting to consider what about the phrases you underlined show that the writers know more than they let on, and what makes this feel more scientific.
I really like the points you made and I agree with the notion that these people seemed to be in peace with that fact they did not know how the world began. Also, the Big Bang is also an interesting observation because I also only thought about it while reading this. In the other stories, I couldn’t picture the Big Bang, instead, a more fantasy approach to the creation of the world/ universe. The line that says “born of the power of the heat” made me think of the Big Bang right away.