Whence all creation had its origin,
the creator, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
the creator, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows — or maybe even he does not know.
I have doubt regarding the red highlighted part.
Whose translation you are using? brahmA, the creator is the mind -- it is not the Seer that surveys from the highest heaven -
parame vyom- the supreme space. In Upanishads, Rudra is the Seer of Hiranyagarbha Brahma's birth. Rudra, the Seer, sees the birth of Hiranygarbha-brahmA, the mind, and subsequently sees the birth of all deities in mind. The point is that the existence of the Seer of the Universe cannot be denied ever. The Seer IS. When the Seer withdraws itself into Brahman, there is no Universe.
I reproduce below a few translations.
7. Whence all creation had its origin,
he, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
he, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows - or maybe even he does not know.
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नासदीय सूक्त (ऋग्वेद ) - nAsadIya sUkta (Rigveda ) : Sanskrit Documents Collection)
7.That one, out of which the creation came
May hold the reins or not,
Perceiving all from above, That one alone
Knows the beginning – may not know too.
(Rayalu Vishwanadha)
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Hinduism, particularly the Vedas and the Darsanas, does not accord the Supreme status to the Creator, which is the mind, subservient to the Seer-Self-Brahman. brahmA, the creator, is not worshipped except at one temple.
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