Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 95

RV 10 95.1

हये जाये मनसा तिष्ठ घोरे वचाꣳसि मिश्रा कृणवावहै नु । न नौ मन्त्रा अनुदितास एते मयस् करन् परतरे चनाहन्

haye jāye manasā tiṣṭha ghore vacāṁsi miśrā kṛṇavāvahai nu | na nau mantrā anuditāsa ete mayas karan paratare canāhan

Hey, wife! Stand still with your mind, fierce one; let us now exchange words. These utterances of ours, left unspoken, will bring us no joy even on a farther day.

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RV 10 95.2

किम् एता वाचा कृणवा तवाहम् प्राक्रमिषम् उषसाम् अग्रियेव । पुरूरवः पुनर् अस्तम् परेहि दुरापना वात इवाहम् अस्मि

kim etā vācā kṛṇavā tavāham prākramiṣam uṣasām agriyeva | purūravaḥ punar astam parehi durāpanā vāta ivāham asmi

What shall I do with this speech of yours? I have marched off like the foremost of the dawns. Purūravas, go back home again: I am hard to overtake, like the wind.

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RV 10 95.3

इषुर् न श्रिय इषुधेर् असना गोषाः शतसा न रꣳहिः । अवीरे क्रतौ वि दविद्युतन् नोरा न मायुꣳ चितयन्त धुनयः

iṣur na śriya iṣudher asanā goṣāḥ śatasā na raṁhiḥ | avīre kratau vi davidyutan norā na māyuṁ citayanta dhunayaḥ

Like an arrow for splendour, like a missile from the quiver, like a swift (steed) winning cattle, winning hundreds—as if in a purpose lacking a man they flashed forth; the roaring ones made the bleating heard as if (from) sheep.

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RV 10 95.4

सा वसु दधती श्वशुराय वय उषो यदि वष्ट्य् अन्तिगृहात् । अस्तꣳ ननक्षे यस्मिञ् चाकन् दिवा नक्तꣳ श्नथिता वैतसेन

sā vasu dadhatī śvaśurāya vaya uṣo yadi vaṣṭy antigṛhāt | astaṁ nanakṣe yasmiñ cākan divā naktaṁ śnathitā vaitasena

She, bringing goods and vigour to the father-in-law—O Uṣas, if she wishes it—from the nearby house has reached the home where she took delight, pierced day and night by the reed-shaft.

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RV 10 95.5

त्रिः स्म माह्नः श्नथयो वैतसेनोत स्म मे ऽव्यत्यै पृणासि । पुरूरवो ऽनु ते केतम् आयꣳ राजा मे वीर तन्व१स् तद् आसीः

triḥ sma māhnaḥ śnathayo vaitasenota sma me 'vyatyai pṛṇāsi | purūravo 'nu te ketam āyaṁ rājā me vīra tanva1s tad āsīḥ

Three times a day you would pierce me with the reed, and you filled me even when I had no desire. Purūravas, I went after your will: you were king over my body, O hero.

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RV 10 95.6

या सुजूर्णिः श्रेणिः सुम्नआपिर् ह्रदेचक्षुर् न ग्रन्थिनी चरण्युः । ता अञ्जयो ऽरुणयो न सस्रुः श्रिये गावो न धेनवो ऽनवन्त

yā sujūrṇiḥ śreṇiḥ sumnaāpir hradecakṣur na granthinī caraṇyuḥ | tā añjayo 'ruṇayo na sasruḥ śriye gāvo na dhenavo 'navanta

She who is Sujūrṇi, Śreṇi, Sumna-āpi, Hradecakṣus, Granthinī, Caraṇyu—these flowed like ruddy ointments, and bellowed like milch cows for glory.

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RV 10 95.7

सम् अस्मिञ् जायमान आसत ग्ना उतेम् अवर्धन् नद्य१ः स्वगूर्ताः । महे यत् त्वा पुरूरवो रणायावर्धयन् दस्युहत्याय देवाः

sam asmiñ jāyamāna āsata gnā utem avardhan nadya1ḥ svagūrtāḥ | mahe yat tvā purūravo raṇāyāvardhayan dasyuhatyāya devāḥ

At his being born the divine women sat together about him, and the self-extolling rivers reared him up, when, Purūravas, the gods reared you for the great fight, for the slaying of the Dasyu.

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RV 10 95.8

सचा यद् आसु जहतीष्व् अत्कम् अमानुषीषु मानुषो निषेवे । अप स्म मत् तरसन्ती न भुज्युस् ता अत्रसन् रथस्पृशो नाश्वाः

sacā yad āsu jahatīṣv atkam amānuṣīṣu mānuṣo niṣeve | apa sma mat tarasantī na bhujyus tā atrasan rathaspṛśo nāśvāḥ

When I, a mortal, consorted with these non-human women as they were casting off (their) garment—like a timid (deer) they hastened away from me; they trembled like horses grazing the chariot.

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RV 10 95.9

यद् आसु मर्तो अमृतासु निस्पृक् सꣳ क्षोणीभिः क्रतुभिर् न पृङ्क्ते । ता आतयो न तन्वः शुम्भत स्वा अश्वासो न क्रीऴयो दन्दशानाः

yad āsu marto amṛtāsu nispṛk saṁ kṣoṇībhiḥ kratubhir na pṛṅkte | tā ātayo na tanvaḥ śumbhata svā aśvāso na krīḻayo dandaśānāḥ

When the mortal, clinging close to these immortal ones, mingles with the yielding ones according to (their) wills — then, like waterbirds, they made their own bodies beautiful, like horses that play and bite.

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RV 10 95.10

विद्युन् न या पतन्ती दविद्योद् भरन्ती मे अप्या काम्यानि । जनिष्टो अपो नर्यः सुजातः प्रोर्वशी तिरत दीर्घम् आयुः

vidyun na yā patantī davidyod bharantī me apyā kāmyāni | janiṣṭo apo naryaḥ sujātaḥ prorvaśī tirata dīrgham āyuḥ

She who, flying like lightning, kept flashing, bringing me the watery objects of (my) desire — from the waters was born a manly, well-born (son). May Urvaśī extend long life.

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RV 10 95.11

जज्ञिष इत्था गोपीथ्याय हि दधाथ तत् पुरूरवो म ओजः । अशासꣳ त्वा विदुषी सस्मिन्न् अहन् न म आशृणोः किम् अभुग् वदासि

jajñiṣa itthā gopīthyāya hi dadhātha tat purūravo ma ojaḥ | aśāsaṁ tvā viduṣī sasminn ahan na ma āśṛṇoḥ kim abhug vadāsi

Indeed you were born just for this, for guarding; you have set that strength in me, Purūravas. I instructed you, I who knew, on that very day; you did not listen to me. Why do you speak to no purpose?

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RV 10 95.12

कदा सूनुः पितरꣳ जात इच्छाच् चक्रन् नाश्रु वर्तयद् विजानन् । को दम्पती समनसा वि यूयोद् अध यद् अग्निः श्वशुरेषु दीदयत्

kadā sūnuḥ pitaraṁ jāta icchāc cakran nāśru vartayad vijānan | ko dampatī samanasā vi yūyod adha yad agniḥ śvaśureṣu dīdayat

When will the son, once born, seek out the father? He would shed a tear, weeping, when he comes to know. Who would drive apart the husband and wife who are of one mind, when the fire blazes among the parents-in-law?

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RV 10 95.13

प्रति ब्रवाणि वर्तयते अश्रु चक्रन् न क्रन्दद् आध्ये शिवायै । प्र तत् ते हिनवा यत् ते अस्मे परेह्य् अस्तꣳ नहि मूर मापः

prati bravāṇi vartayate aśru cakran na krandad ādhye śivāyai | pra tat te hinavā yat te asme parehy astaṁ nahi mūra māpaḥ

Let me answer: he sheds a tear; crying like (a child) he would wail for a kindly thought. I will send off to you what of yours is with us. Go away home — you will not reach me, fool.

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RV 10 95.14

सुदेवो अद्य प्रपतेद् अनावृत् परावतम् परमाꣳ गन्तवा उ । अधा शयीत निरृतेर् उपस्थे ऽधैनꣳ वृका रभसासो अद्युः

sudevo adya prapated anāvṛt parāvatam paramāṁ gantavā u | adhā śayīta nirṛter upasthe 'dhainaṁ vṛkā rabhasāso adyuḥ

Your fine devotee would today fall away with no return, would go to the furthest distance; then he would lie in the lap of Nirṛti, and there the ravening wolves would eat him.

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RV 10 95.15

पुरूरवो मा मृथा मा प्र पप्तो मा त्वा वृकासो अशिवास उ क्षन् । न वै स्त्रैणानि सख्यानि सन्ति सालावृकाणाꣳ हृदयान्य् एता

purūravo mā mṛthā mā pra papto mā tvā vṛkāso aśivāsa u kṣan | na vai straiṇāni sakhyāni santi sālāvṛkāṇāṁ hṛdayāny etā

Purūravas, do not die, do not fall away; let not the unkindly wolves devour you. There are truly no friendships with women — their hearts are the hearts of hyenas.

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RV 10 95.16

यद् विरूपाचरम् मर्त्येष्व् अवसꣳ रात्रीः शरदश् चतस्रः । घृतस्य स्तोकꣳ सकृद् अह्न आश्नाꣳ ताद् एवेदꣳ तातृपाणा चरामि

yad virūpācaram martyeṣv avasaṁ rātrīḥ śaradaś catasraḥ | ghṛtasya stokaṁ sakṛd ahna āśnāṁ tād evedaṁ tātṛpāṇā carāmi

When, in another form, I moved among mortals and dwelt (there) nights, four autumns, I ate a drop of ghee once a day; even from that I now go about satisfied.

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RV 10 95.17

अन्तरिक्षप्राꣳ रजसो विमानीम् उप शिक्षाम्य् उर्वशीꣳ वसिष्ठः । उप त्वा रातिः सुकृतस्य तिष्ठान् नि वर्तस्व हृदयꣳ तप्यते मे

antarikṣaprāṁ rajaso vimānīm upa śikṣāmy urvaśīṁ vasiṣṭhaḥ | upa tvā rātiḥ sukṛtasya tiṣṭhān ni vartasva hṛdayaṁ tapyate me

Urvaśī, who fills the midspace, who measures out the airy realm — her I, Vasiṣṭha, seek to win. May the gift of your good deed abide with you. Turn back! My heart burns.

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RV 10 95.18

इति त्वा देवा इम आहुर् ऐऴ यथेम् एतद् भवसि मृत्युबन्धुः । प्रजा ते देवान् हविषा यजाति स्वर्ग उ त्वम् अपि मादयासे

iti tvā devā ima āhur aiḻa yathem etad bhavasi mṛtyubandhuḥ | prajā te devān haviṣā yajāti svarga u tvam api mādayāse

Thus have these gods spoken to you, son of Iḷā: that you are to be a kinsman of death here. Your offspring will worship the gods with oblation, and you too will take your joy in heaven.

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