ऋग्वेद १.१६४.१६

Ṛgveda 1.164.16

ṛṣi: दीर्घतमा औचथ्यः
devatā: १-४१ विश्वे देवाः, ४२ आद्यर्धर्चस्य वाक्, द्वितीयस्य आपः, ४३ आद्यर्धर्चस्य शकधूमः, द्वितीयस्य सोमः, ४४ केशिनः( अग्निः सूर्यो वायुश्च), ४५ वाक्, ४६ - ४७ सूर्यः, ४८ संवत्सरकालचक्रम्, ४९ सरस्वती, ५० साध्याः, ५१ सूर्यः, पर्जन्याग्नयो वा, ५२ सरस्वान्, सूर्यो वा
chandas: त्रिष्टुप, १२, १५, २३, २९, ३६, ४१ जगती, ४२ प्रस्तारपंक्तिः, ५१ अनुष्टुप्

striya̍ḥ sa̱tīstām̐ u̍ me pu̱ṃsa ā̍hu̱ḥ paśya̍dakṣa̱ṇvānna vi ce̍tada̱ndhaḥ |ka̱viryaḥ pu̱traḥ sa ī̱mā ci̍keta̱ yastā vi̍jā̱nātsa pi̱tuṣpi̱tāsa̍t ||

Transliteration IAST

striya̍ḥ sa̱tīstām̐ u̍ me pu̱ṃsa ā̍hu̱ḥ paśya̍dakṣa̱ṇvānna vi ce̍tada̱ndhaḥ | ka̱viryaḥ pu̱traḥ sa ī̱mā ci̍keta̱ yastā vi̍jā̱nātsa pi̱tuṣpi̱tāsa̍t ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

स्त्रियः | सतीः | तान् | ॐ इति | मे | पुंसः | आआहुः | पश्यत् | अक्षण्-वान् | न | वि | चेतत् | अन्धः | कविः | यः | पुत्रः | सः | ईम् | आ | चिकेत | यः | ता | वि-जानात् | सः | पितुः | पिता | असत्

striyaḥ | satīḥ | tān | oṃ iti | me | puṃsaḥ | āāhuḥ | paśyat | akṣaṇ-vān | na | vi | cetat | andhaḥ | kaviḥ | yaḥ | putraḥ | saḥ | īm | ā | ciketa | yaḥ | tā | vi-jānāt | saḥ | pituḥ | pitā | asat

Translations signed

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.

Ralph T.H. GriffithThe Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary, 1896 · public domain

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English 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. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address: rv.1.164.16
Agreement: Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
text.deva: ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
text.iast: ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
text.pada_deva: ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
text.pada_iast: ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
meta: ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0

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