Sukta 95

हये जाये मनसा तिष्ठ घोरे वचांसि मिश्रा कृणवावहै नु। न नौ मन्त्रा अनुदितास एते मयस्करन्परतरे चनाहन्॥

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

Ho there, my consort! Stay, thou fierce-souled lady, and let us reason for a while together. Such thoughts as these of ours, while yet unspoken in days gone by have never brought us comfort.

किमेता वाचा कृणवा तवाहं प्राक्रमिषमुषसामग्रियेव। पुरूरवः पुनरस्तं परेहि दुरापना वात इवाहमस्मि॥

kimetā vācā kṛṇavā tavāhaṁ prākramiṣamuṣasāmagriyeva | purūravaḥ punarastaṁ parehi durāpanā vāta ivāhamasmi ||

What am I now to do with this thy saying? I have gone from thee like the first of Mornings. Pururavas, return thou to thy dwelling: I, like the wind, am difficult to capture.

इषुर्न श्रिय इषुधेरसना गोषाः शतसा न रंहिः। अवीरे क्रतौ वि दविद्युतन्नोरा न मायुं चितयन्त धुनयः॥

iṣurna śriya iṣudherasanā goṣāḥ śatasā na raṁhiḥ | avīre kratau vi davidyutannorā na māyuṁ citayanta dhunayaḥ ||

Like a shaft sent for glory from the quiver, or swift-steed winning cattle winning hundreds. The lightning seemed to flash, as cowards planned it. The minstrels bleated like a lamb in trouble.

सा वसु दधती श्वशुराय वय उषो यदि वष्ट्यन्तिगृहात्। अस्तं ननक्षे यस्मिञ्चाकन्दिवा नक्तं श्नथिता वैतसेन॥

sā vasu dadhatī śvaśurāya vaya uṣo yadi vaṣṭyantigṛhāt | astaṁ nanakṣe yasmiñcākandivā naktaṁ śnathitā vaitasena ||

Giving her husband's father life and riches, from the near dwelling, when her lover craved her, She sought the home wherein she found her pleasure, accepting day and night her lord's embraces.

त्रिः स्म माह्नः श्नथयो वैतसेनोत स्म मेऽव्यत्यै पृणासि। पुरूरवोऽनु ते केतमायं राजा मे वीर तन्वस्तदासीः॥

triḥ sma māhnaḥ śnathayo vaitasenota sma me'vyatyai pṛṇāsi | purūravo'nu te ketamāyaṁ rājā me vīra tanvastadāsīḥ ||

Thrice in the day didst thou embrace thy consort, though coldly she received thy fond caresses. To thy desires, Pururavas, I yielded: so wast thou king, O hero, of my body.

या सुजूर्णिः श्रेणिः सुम्नआपिर्ह्रदेचक्षुर्न ग्रन्थिनी चरण्युः। ता अञ्जयोऽरुणयो न सस्रुः श्रिये गावो न धेनवोऽनवन्त॥

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

The maids Sujirni, Sreni, Sumne-api, Charanyu, Granthini, and Hradecaksus,- These like red kine have hastened forth, the bright ones, and like milch-cows have lowed in emulation.

समस्मिञ्जायमान आसत ग्ना उतेमवर्धन्नद्यः स्वगूर्ताः। महे यत्त्वा पुरूरवो रणायावर्धयन्दस्युहत्याय देवाः॥

samasmiñjāyamāna āsata gnā utemavardhannadyaḥ svagūrtāḥ | mahe yattvā purūravo raṇāyāvardhayandasyuhatyāya devāḥ ||

While he was born the Dames sate down together, the Rivers with free kindness gave him nurture; And then, Pururavas, the Gods increased thee for mighty battle, to destroy the Dasyus.

सचा यदासु जहतीष्वत्कममानुषीषु मानुषो निषेवे। अप स्म मत्तरसन्ती न भुज्युस्ता अत्रसन्रथस्पृशो नाश्वाः॥

sacā yadāsu jahatīṣvatkamamānuṣīṣu mānuṣo niṣeve | apa sma mattarasantī na bhujyustā atrasanrathaspṛśo nāśvāḥ ||

When I, a mortal, wooed to mine embraces these heavenly nymphs who laid aside their raiment, Like a scared snake they fled from me in terror, like chariot horses when the car has touched them.

यदासु मर्तो अमृतासु निस्पृक्सं क्षोणीभिः क्रतुभिर्न पृङ्क्ते। ता आतयो न तन्वः शुम्भत स्वा अश्वासो न क्रीळयो दन्दशानाः॥

yadāsu marto amṛtāsu nispṛksaṁ kṣoṇībhiḥ kratubhirna pṛṅkte | tā ātayo na tanvaḥ śumbhata svā aśvāso na krīḻayo dandaśānāḥ ||

When, loving these Immortal Ones, the mortal hath converse with the nymphs as they allow him. Like swans they show the beauty of their bodies, like horses in their play they bite and nibble.

विद्युन्न या पतन्ती दविद्योद्भरन्ती मे अप्या काम्यानि। जनिष्टो अपो नर्यः सुजातः प्रोर्वशी तिरत दीर्घमायुः॥

vidyunna yā patantī davidyodbharantī me apyā kāmyāni | janiṣṭo apo naryaḥ sujātaḥ prorvaśī tirata dīrghamāyuḥ ||

She who flashed brilliant as the falling lightning brought me delicious presents from the waters. Now from the flood be born a strong young hero May Uruvasi prolong her life for ever

जज्ञिष इत्था गोपीथ्याय हि दधाथ तत्पुरूरवो म ओजः। अशासं त्वा विदुषी सस्मिन्नहन्न म आशृणोः किमभुग्वदासि॥

jajñiṣa itthā gopīthyāya hi dadhātha tatpurūravo ma ojaḥ | aśāsaṁ tvā viduṣī sasminnahanna ma āśṛṇoḥ kimabhugvadāsi ||

Thy birth hath made me drink from earthly milch-kine: this power, Pururavas, hast thou vouchsafed me. I knew, and, warned thee, on that day. Thou wouldst not hear me. What sayest thou, when naught avails thee?

कदा सूनुः पितरं जात इच्छाच्चक्रन्नाश्रु वर्तयद्विजानन्। को दम्पती समनसा वि यूयोदध यदग्निः श्वशुरेषु दीदयत्॥

kadā sūnuḥ pitaraṁ jāta icchāccakrannāśru vartayadvijānan | ko dampatī samanasā vi yūyodadha yadagniḥ śvaśureṣu dīdayat ||

When will the son be born and seek his father? Mourner-like, will he weep when first he knows him? Who shall divide the accordant wife and husband, while fire is shining with thy consort's parents?

प्रति ब्रवाणि वर्तयते अश्रु चक्रन्न क्रन्ददाध्ये शिवायै। प्र तत्ते हिनवा यत्ते अस्मे परेह्यस्तं नहि मूर मापः॥

prati bravāṇi vartayate aśru cakranna krandadādhye śivāyai | pra tatte hinavā yatte asme parehyastaṁ nahi mūra māpaḥ ||

I will console him when his tears are falling: he shall not weep and cry for care that blesses. That which is thine, between us, will I send thee. Go home again, thou fool;.thou hast not won me.

सुदेवो अद्य प्रपतेदनावृत्परावतं परमां गन्तवा उ। अधा शयीत निरृतेरुपस्थेऽधैनं वृका रभसासो अद्युः॥

sudevo adya prapatedanāvṛtparāvataṁ paramāṁ gantavā u | adhā śayīta nirṛterupasthe'dhainaṁ vṛkā rabhasāso adyuḥ ||

Thy lover shall flee forth this day for ever, to seek, without return, the farthest distance. Then let his bed be in Destruction's bosom, and there let fierce rapacious wolves devour him.

पुरूरवो मा मृथा मा प्र पप्तो मा त्वा वृकासो अशिवास उ क्षन्। न वै स्त्रैणानि सख्यानि सन्ति सालावृकाणां हृदयान्येता॥

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

Nay, do not die, Pururavas, nor vanish: let not the evil-omened wolves devour thee. With women there can be no lasting friendship: hearts of hyenas are the hearts of women.

यद्विरूपाचरं मर्त्येष्ववसं रात्रीः शरदश्चतस्रः। घृतस्य स्तोकं सकृदह्न आश्नां तादेवेदं तातृपाणा चरामि॥

yadvirūpācaraṁ martyeṣvavasaṁ rātrīḥ śaradaścatasraḥ | ghṛtasya stokaṁ sakṛdahna āśnāṁ tādevedaṁ tātṛpāṇā carāmi ||

When amid men in altered shape I sojourned, and through four autumns spent the nights among them, I tasted once a day a drop of butter; and even now with that am I am contented.

अन्तरिक्षप्रां रजसो विमानीमुप शिक्षाम्युर्वशीं वसिष्ठः। उप त्वा रातिः सुकृतस्य तिष्ठान्नि वर्तस्व हृदयं तप्यते मे॥

antarikṣaprāṁ rajaso vimānīmupa śikṣāmyurvaśīṁ vasiṣṭhaḥ | upa tvā rātiḥ sukṛtasya tiṣṭhānni vartasva hṛdayaṁ tapyate me ||

I, her best love, call Urvasi to meet me, her who fills air and measures out the region. Let the gift brought by piety approach thee. Turn thou to me again: my heart is troubled.

इति त्वा देवा इम आहुरैळ यथेमेतद्भवसि मृत्युबन्धुः। प्रजा ते देवान्हविषा यजाति स्वर्ग उ त्वमपि मादयासे॥

iti tvā devā ima āhuraiḻa yathemetadbhavasi mṛtyubandhuḥ | prajā te devānhaviṣā yajāti svarga u tvamapi mādayāse ||

Thus speak these Gods to thee, O son of Ila: As death hath verily got thee for his subject, Thy sons shall serve the Gods with their oblation, and thou, moreover, shalt rejoice in Svarga.