पू॒र्वीर॒हं श॒रद॑ः शश्रमा॒णा दो॒षा वस्तो॑रु॒षसो॑ ज॒रय॑न्तीः ।
मि॒नाति॒ श्रियं॑ जरि॒मा त॒नूना॒मप्यू॒ नु पत्नी॒र्वृष॑णो जगम्युः
pūrvīrahaṃ śaradaḥ śaśramāṇā doṣā vastoruṣaso jarayantīḥ |
mināti śriyaṃ jarimā tanūnāmapyū nu patnīrvṛṣaṇo jagamyuḥ
Mandala 1
Sukta 179: Lopamudra and Agastya: tapas and household
Rishi: १-२ लोपामुद्रा, ३-४ अगस्त्यो मैत्रावरुणिः, ५-६ अगस्त्यशिष्यो ब्रह्मचारी · Devata: रतिः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्, ५ बृहती
6 verses · 179 of 191
What happens in this chapter
Lopamudra and Agastya: tapas and household
A dialogue between wife and husband; the Anukramani names Rati, marital love, as devata, the metre trishtubh with one brihati. Lopamudra speaks first: through many autumns she has toiled, and age wears away beauty; even the truth-keeping rishis of old did not stay apart from their wives. Agastya answers that their austerity is not wasted, and together they will win both aims. Desire comes upon him and she draws him to her. A disciple then asks the Soma he has drunk to pardon any fault, for a mortal has many longings. The last verse says Agastya, seeking offspring, nourished both paths, and his prayers came true.
ये चि॒द्धि पूर्व॑ ऋत॒साप॒ आस॑न्सा॒कं दे॒वेभि॒रव॑दन्नृ॒तानि॑ ।
ते चि॒दवा॑सुर्न॒ह्यन्त॑मा॒पुः समू॒ नु पत्नी॒र्वृष॑भिर्जगम्युः
ye ciddhi pūrva ṛtasāpa āsansākaṃ devebhiravadannṛtāni |
te cidavāsurnahyantamāpuḥ samū nu patnīrvṛṣabhirjagamyuḥ
न मृषा॑ श्रा॒न्तं यदव॑न्ति दे॒वा विश्वा॒ इत्स्पृधो॑ अ॒भ्य॑श्नवाव ।
जया॒वेदत्र॑ श॒तनी॑थमा॒जिं यत्स॒म्यञ्चा॑ मिथु॒नाव॒भ्यजा॑व
na mṛṣā śrāntaṃ yadavanti devā viśvā itspṛdho abhyaśnavāva |
jayāvedatra śatanīthamājiṃ yatsamyañcā mithunāvabhyajāva
न॒दस्य॑ मा रुध॒तः काम॒ आग॑न्नि॒त आजा॑तो अ॒मुत॒ः कुत॑श्चित् ।
लोपा॑मुद्रा॒ वृष॑णं॒ नी रि॑णाति॒ धीर॒मधी॑रा धयति श्व॒सन्त॑म्
nadasya mā rudhataḥ kāma āgannita ājāto amutaḥ kutaścit |
lopāmudrā vṛṣaṇaṃ nī riṇāti dhīramadhīrā dhayati śvasantam
इ॒मं नु सोम॒मन्ति॑तो हृ॒त्सु पी॒तमुप॑ ब्रुवे ।
यत्सी॒माग॑श्चकृ॒मा तत्सु मृ॑ळतु पुलु॒कामो॒ हि मर्त्य॑ः
imaṃ nu somamantito hṛtsu pītamupa bruve |
yatsīmāgaścakṛmā tatsu mṛḻatu pulukāmo hi martyaḥ
अ॒गस्त्य॒ः खन॑मानः ख॒नित्रै॑ः प्र॒जामप॑त्यं॒ बल॑मि॒च्छमा॑नः ।
उ॒भौ वर्णा॒वृषि॑रु॒ग्रः पु॑पोष स॒त्या दे॒वेष्वा॒शिषो॑ जगाम
agastyaḥ khanamānaḥ khanitraiḥ prajāmapatyaṃ balamicchamānaḥ |
ubhau varṇāvṛṣirugraḥ pupoṣa satyā deveṣvāśiṣo jagāma
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