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Rh In the beginning there was indescribable darkness; Then was not earth or heaven, naught but God’s unequalled order. Then was not day, or night, or moon, or sun; God was meditating on the void. Then were not the mines of production, or voices, or wind, or water; Neither creation nor destruction, nor coming nor going, Then were not continents, or hells, or seven seas, or rivers, or flowing streams, Nor was there paradise, or a tortoise, or nether regions; Or the hell or heaven of the Muhammadans, or the destroyer Death; Or the hell or heaven of the Hindus, or birth, or death; nor did any one come or go. Then was no Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiv: No one existed but the One God. Then was no female, or male, or caste, or birth; nor did any one feel pain or pleasure. There was no Jati, Sati, or dweller in the forest; There was no Sidh, or Striver, or dweller at ease; No Jogi, or Jangam, or religious garb; nor did any one call himself a Nath; No devotion, penance, austerity, fasting, or worship; Nor did any one speak or tell of duality. God Himself having created was pleased, and valued what He had done. There was no purification, or self-restraint, or necklace of sweet basil; There was no milkmaid, or Krishan, or cow, or herdsman;