Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 179

RV 1 179.1

पूर्वीर् अहꣳ शरदः शश्रमाणा दोषा वस्तोर् उषसो जरयन्तीः । मिनाति श्रियꣳ जरिमा तनूनाम् अप्य् ऊ नु पत्नीर् वृषणो जगम्युः

pūrvīr ahaṁ śaradaḥ śaśramāṇā doṣā vastor uṣaso jarayantīḥ | mināti śriyaṁ jarimā tanūnām apy ū nu patnīr vṛṣaṇo jagamyuḥ

For many autumns I have toiled, evening and morning, through the dawns that make one age. Old age diminishes the beauty of bodies. Let the bulls now come to their wives.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 179.2

ये चिद् धि पूर्व ऋतसाप आसन् साकꣳ देवेभिर् अवदन्न् ऋतानि । ते चिद् अवासुर् नह्य् अन्तम् आपुः सम् ऊ नु पत्नीर् वृषभिर् जगम्युः

ye cid dhi pūrva ṛtasāpa āsan sākaṁ devebhir avadann ṛtāni | te cid avāsur nahy antam āpuḥ sam ū nu patnīr vṛṣabhir jagamyuḥ

For even those of old who tended ṛta, who spoke the truths together with the gods — even they broke off, for they did not reach the end. Let the wives now come together with the bulls.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 179.3

न मृषा श्रान्तꣳ यद् अवन्ति देवा विश्वा इत् स्पृधो अभ्य् अश्नवाव । जयावेद् अत्र शतनीथम् आजिꣳ यत् सम्यञ्चा मिथुनाव् अभ्य् अजाव

na mṛṣā śrāntaṁ yad avanti devā viśvā it spṛdho abhy aśnavāva | jayāved atra śatanītham ājiṁ yat samyañcā mithunāv abhy ajāva

Not in vain is the toil that the gods favour: let us two win over all rivals. Let us here conquer the race of a hundred ways, when we two, a pair, drive on together.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 179.4

नदस्य मा रुधतः काम आगन्न् इत आजातो अमुतः कुतश् चित् । लोपामुद्रा वृषणꣳ नी रिणाति धीरम् अधीरा धयति श्वसन्तम्

nadasya mā rudhataḥ kāma āgann ita ājāto amutaḥ kutaś cit | lopāmudrā vṛṣaṇaṁ nī riṇāti dhīram adhīrā dhayati śvasantam

The desire for the bellowing one who holds me back has come upon me, arisen from here, from there, from anywhere. Lopāmudrā draws down the bull: the unsteady woman sucks the steady one as he pants.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 179.5

इमꣳ नु सोमम् अन्तितो हृत्सु पीतम् उप ब्रुवे । यत् सीम् आगश् चकृमा तत् सु मृऴतु पुलुकामो हि मर्त्यः

imaṁ nu somam antito hṛtsu pītam upa bruve | yat sīm āgaś cakṛmā tat su mṛḻatu pulukāmo hi martyaḥ

This soma now, drunk close at hand within the hearts, I address: whatever offence we have committed, may he pardon it well — for a mortal is full of many desires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 179.6

अगस्त्यः खनमानः खनित्रैः प्रजाम् अपत्यम् बलम् इच्छमानः । उभौ वर्णाव् ऋषिर् उग्रः पुपोष सत्या देवेष्व् आशिषो जगाम

agastyaḥ khanamānaḥ khanitraiḥ prajām apatyam balam icchamānaḥ | ubhau varṇāv ṛṣir ugraḥ pupoṣa satyā deveṣv āśiṣo jagāma

Agastya, digging with spades, seeking offspring, progeny, strength — the fierce seer nourished both classes; true among the gods were the wishes (he) attained.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition