Rig Veda · 1.89.9

Rig Veda 1.89.9 — Viśvedevas

Verse 9 of 10 from Sukta 1.89 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.89.9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शतमिन नु शरदो अन्ति देवा यत्रा नश्चक्रा जरसं तनूनाम | पुत्रासो यत्र पितरो भवन्ति मा नो मध्या रीरिषतायुर्गन्तोः

IAST Romanisation

śatamin nu śarado anti devā yatrā naścakrā jarasaṃ tanūnām | putrāso yatra pitaro bhavanti mā no madhyā rīriṣatāyurghantoḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

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.

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