Rig Veda · 1.164.16

Rig Veda 1.164.16 — Viśvedevas

Verse 16 of 52 from Sukta 1.164 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.164.16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सत्रियः सतीस्तानु मे पुंस आहुः पश्यदक्षण्वान नवि चेतदन्धः | कविर्यः पुत्रः स ईमा चिकेत यस्ता विजानात स पितुष पितासत

IAST Romanisation

striyaḥ satīstānu me puṃsa āhuḥ paśyadakṣaṇvān navi cetadandhaḥ | kaviryaḥ putraḥ sa īmā ciketa yastā vijānāt sa pituṣ pitāsat

English Translation (Griffith)

They told me these were males, though truly females: he who hath eyes sees this, the blind discerns not. The son who is a sage hath comprehended: who knows this rightly is his father's father.

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