Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Rigveda 1.89.9

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.89.9

Language
Sanskrit

1.89.9

śa̱tam in nu śa̱rado̱ anti̍ devā̱ yatrā̍ naś ca̱krā ja̱rasa̍ṁ ta̱nūnā̍m |
pu̱trāso̱ yatra̍ pi̱taro̱ bhava̍nti̱ mā no̍ ma̱dhyā rī̍riṣa̱tāyu̱r ganto̍ḥ ||

A hundred autumns stand before us, O ye Gods, within whose space ye bring our bodies to decay; Within whose space our sons become fathers in turn. Break ye not in the midst our course of fleeting life.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

Translations (6)

Commentaries (10)

Other recensions (1)

Linked texts (7)