Rig Veda · 10.71.9

Rig Veda 10.71.9 — Jnanam

Verse 9 of 11 from Sukta 10.71 (Jnanam) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.71.9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इमे ये नार्वां न परश्चरन्ति न बराह्मणासो नसुतेकरासः | त एते वाचमभिपद्य पापया सिरीस्तन्त्रं तन्वते अप्रजज्ञयः

IAST Romanisation

ime ye nārvāṃ na paraścaranti na brāhmaṇāso nasutekarāsaḥ | ta ete vācamabhipadya pāpayā sirīstantraṃ tanvate aprajajñayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Those men who step not back and move not forward, nor Brahmans nor preparers of libations, Having attained to Vāk in sinful fashion spin out their thread in ignorance like spinsters.

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