Mantra 15
Sukta 9
स्त्रियः सतीस्ताँ उ मे पुंसः आहुः पश्यदक्षण्वान् न वि चेतदन्धः । कविर्यः पुत्रः स ईमा चिकेत यस्ता विजानात् स पितुष्पितासत्
stríyaḥ satī́s tā́n u me púṃsa ā́huḥ páśyad akṣaṇvā́n ná ví cetad ándhaḥ | kavír yáḥ putráḥ sá īmā́ś ciketa yás tā́ víjānāt sá pitúṣ pitā́ asat
Women they are in sooth—yet them, for me, men call they: the blind one, though he see and hath eyes, discerned it not aright. The seer, the son—he hath perceived these; who knoweth them distinctly, he were father of the father.
Rishi: Cosmological seer(s) of AV 9.9 (later tradition varies).
Devata: Brahman/Knowledge; implicitly Sūrya/vision and Agni as witness.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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