Rig Veda
haye jāye manasā tiṣṭha ghore vacāṃsi miśrā kṛṇavāvahai nu na nau mantrā anuditāsa ete mayas karan paratare 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.
kim etā vācā kṛṇavā tavāham prākramiṣam uṣasām agriyeva purūravaḥ punar astam parehi durāpanā vāta ivāham asmi
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.
iṣur na śriya iṣudher asanā goṣāḥ śatasā na raṃhiḥ avīre kratau vi davidyutan norā na māyuṃ 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.
sā vasu dadhatī śvaśurāya vaya uṣo yadi vaṣṭy antigṛhāt astaṃ nanakṣe yasmiñcākan divā naktaṃ 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.
triḥ sma māhnaḥ śnathayo vaitasenota sma me 'vyatyai pṛṇāsi purūravo 'nu te ketam āyaṃ rājā me vīra tanvas tad āsīḥ
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.
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The maids Sujirni, Sreni, Sumne-api, Charanyu, Granthini, and Hradechakshus,- These like red kine have hastened forth, the bright ones, and like milch-cows have lowed in emulation.
sam asmiñ jāyamāna āsata gnā utem avardhan nadyaḥ svagūrtāḥ mahe yat tvā purūravo raṇāyāvardhayan dasyuhatyāya 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.
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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.
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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.
vidyun na yā patantī davidyod bharantī me apyā kāmyāni janiṣṭo apo naryaḥ sujātaḥ prorvaśī tirata dīrgham āyuḥ
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
jajñiṣa itthā gopīthyāya hi dadhātha tat purūravo ma ojaḥ aśāsaṃ tvā viduṣī sasminn ahan na ma āśṛṇoḥ kim abhug vadāsi
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?
kadā sūnuḥ pitaraṃ jāta icchāc cakran nāśru vartayad vijānan ko dampatī samanasā vi yūyod adha yad agniḥ 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?
prati bravāṇi vartayate aśru cakran na krandad ādhye śivāyai pra tat te hinavā yat te asme parehy astaṃ 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.
sudevo adya prapated anāvṛt parāvatam paramāṃ gantavā u adhā śayīta nirṛter upasthe 'dhainaṃ 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.
purūravo mā mṛthā mā pra papto mā tvā vṛkāso aśivāsa u kṣan na vai straiṇāni sakhyāni santi sālāvṛkāṇāṃ hṛdayāny etā
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.
yad virūpācaram martyeṣv avasaṃ rātrīḥ śaradaś catasraḥ ghṛtasya stokaṃ sakṛd ahna āśnāṃ tād evedaṃ 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.
antarikṣaprāṃ rajaso vimānīm upa śikṣāmy urvaśīṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ upa tvā rātiḥ sukṛtasya tiṣṭhān ni vartasva hṛdayaṃ 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.
prajā te devān haviṣā yajāti svarga u tvam api 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.