Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.14
परेयिवांसम् प्रवतो महीर् अनु बहुभ्यः पन्थाम् अनुपस्पशानम् । वैवस्वतं संगमनं जनानां यमं राजानं हविषा दुवस्य ॥
pareyivāṃsam pravato mahīr anu bahubhyaḥ panthām anupaspaśānam | vaivasvataṃ saṃgamanaṃ janānāṃ yamaṃ rājānaṃ haviṣā duvasya ||
Honour the King with thine oblations, Yama, Vivasvan's Son, who gathers men together, Who travelled to the lofty heights above us, who searches out and shows the path to many.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यमो नो गातुम् प्रथमो विवेद नैषा गव्यूतिर् अपभर्तवा उ । यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेयुर् एना जज्ञानाः पथ्या अनु स्वाः ॥
yamo no gātum prathamo viveda naiṣā gavyūtir apabhartavā u | yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ pareyur enā jajñānāḥ pathyā anu svāḥ ||
Yama first found for us a place to dwell in: this pasture never can be taken from Us. Men born on earth tread their own paths that lead them whither our ancient Fathers have departed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मातली कव्यैर् यमो अङ्गिरोभिर् बृहस्पतिर् ऋक्वभिर् वावृधानः । यांश् च देवा वावृधुर् ये च देवान् स्वाहान्ये स्वधयान्ये मदन्ति ॥
mātalī kavyair yamo aṅgirobhir bṛhaspatir ṛkvabhir vāvṛdhānaḥ | yāṃś ca devā vāvṛdhur ye ca devān svāhānye svadhayānye madanti ||
Mitali prospers there with Kavyas, Yama with Angiras' sons, Brhaspati with Rkvans: Exalters of the Gods, by Gods exalted, some joy in praise and some in our oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं यम प्रस्तरम् आ हि सीदाङ्गिरोभिः पितृभिः संविदानः । आ त्वा मन्त्राः कविशस्ता वहन्त्व् एना राजन् हविषा मादयस्व ॥
imaṃ yama prastaram ā hi sīdāṅgirobhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidānaḥ | ā tvā mantrāḥ kaviśastā vahantv enā rājan haviṣā mādayasva ||
Come, seat thee on this bed of grass, O Yama, in company with Angirases and Fathers. Let texts recited by the sages bring thee O King, let this oblation make thee joyful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अङ्गिरोभिर् आ गहि यज्ञियेभिर् यम वैरूपैर् इह मादयस्व । विवस्वन्तं हुवे यः पिता ते ऽस्मिन् यज्ञे बर्हिष्य् आ निषद्य ॥
aṅgirobhir ā gahi yajñiyebhir yama vairūpair iha mādayasva | vivasvantaṃ huve yaḥ pitā te 'smin yajñe barhiṣy ā niṣadya ||
Come, Yama, with the Angirases the Holy, rejoice thee here with children of Virupa. To sit on sacred grass at this our worship, I call Vivasvan, too, thy Father hither.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अङ्गिरसो नः पितरो नवग्वा अथर्वाणो भृगवः सोम्यासः । तेषां वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम् अपि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम ॥
aṅgiraso naḥ pitaro navagvā atharvāṇo bhṛgavaḥ somyāsaḥ | teṣāṃ vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyānām api bhadre saumanase syāma ||
Our Fathers are Angirases, Navagvas, Atharvans, Bhrgus who deserve the Soma. May these, the Holy, look on us with favour, may we enjoy their gracious loving-kindness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रेहि प्रेहि पथिभिः पूर्व्येभिर् यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेयुः । उभा राजाना स्वधया मदन्ता यमम् पश्यासि वरुणं च देवम् ॥
prehi prehi pathibhiḥ pūrvyebhir yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ pareyuḥ | ubhā rājānā svadhayā madantā yamam paśyāsi varuṇaṃ ca devam ||
Go forth, go forth upon the ancient pathways whereon our sires of old have gone before us. 'Mere shalt thou look on both the Kings enjoying their sacred food, God Varuna and Yama.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सं गच्छस्व पितृभिः सं यमेनेष्टापूर्तेन परमे व्योमन् । हित्वायावद्यम् पुनर् अस्तम् एहि सं गच्छस्व तन्वा सुवर्चाः ॥
saṃ gacchasva pitṛbhiḥ saṃ yameneṣṭāpūrtena parame vyoman | hitvāyāvadyam punar astam ehi saṃ gacchasva tanvā suvarcāḥ ||
Meet Yama, meet the Fathers, meet the merit of free or ordered acts, in highest heaven. Leave sin and evil, seek anew thy dwelling, and bright with glory wear another body.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अपेत वीत वि च सर्पतातो ऽस्मा एतम् पितरो लोकम् अक्रन् । अहोभिर् अद्भिर् अक्तुभिर् व्यक्तं यमो ददात्य् अवसानम् अस्मै ॥
apeta vīta vi ca sarpatāto 'smā etam pitaro lokam akran | ahobhir adbhir aktubhir vyaktaṃ yamo dadāty avasānam asmai ||
Go hence, depart ye, fly in all directions: this place for him the Fathers have provided. Yama bestows on him a place to rest in adorned with days and beams of light and waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अति द्रव सारमेयौ श्वानौ चतुरक्षौ शबलौ साधुना पथा । अथा पितॄन् सुविदत्रां उपेहि यमेन ये सधमादम् मदन्ति ॥
ati drava sārameyau śvānau caturakṣau śabalau sādhunā pathā | athā pitṝn suvidatrāṃ upehi yamena ye sadhamādam madanti ||
Run and outspeed the two dogs, Sarama's offspring, brindled, four-eyed, upon thy happy pathway. Draw nigh then to the gracious-minded Fathers where they rejoice in company with Yama.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यौ ते श्वानौ यम रक्षितारौ चतुरक्षौ पथिरक्षी नृचक्षसौ । ताभ्याम् एनम् परि देहि राजन् स्वस्ति चास्मा अनमीवं च धेहि ॥
yau te śvānau yama rakṣitārau caturakṣau pathirakṣī nṛcakṣasau | tābhyām enam pari dehi rājan svasti cāsmā anamīvaṃ ca dhehi ||
And those two dogs of thine, Yama, the watchers, four-eyed, who look on men and guard the pathway,- Entrust this man, O King, to their protection, and with prosperity and health endow him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उरूणसाव् असुतृपा उदुम्बलौ यमस्य दूतौ चरतो जनां अनु । ताव् अस्मभ्यं दृशये सूर्याय पुनर् दाताम् असुम् अद्येह भद्रम् ॥
urūṇasāv asutṛpā udumbalau yamasya dūtau carato janāṃ anu | tāv asmabhyaṃ dṛśaye sūryāya punar dātām asum adyeha bhadram ||
Dark-hued, insatiate, with distended nostrils, Yama's two envoys roam among the People; May they restore to us a fair existence here and to-day, that we may see the sunlight.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यमाय सोमं सुनुत यमाय जुहुता हविः । यमं ह यज्ञो गच्छत्य् अग्निदूतो अरङ्कृतः ॥
yamāya somaṃ sunuta yamāya juhutā haviḥ | yamaṃ ha yajño gacchaty agnidūto araṅkṛtaḥ ||
To Yama pour the Soma, bring to Yama consecrated gifts: To Yama sacrifice prepared and heralded by Agni goes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यमाय घृतवद् धविर् जुहोत प्र च तिष्ठत । स नो देवेष्व् आ यमद् दीर्घम् आयुः प्र जीवसे ॥
yamāya ghṛtavad dhavir juhota pra ca tiṣṭhata | sa no deveṣv ā yamad dīrgham āyuḥ pra jīvase ||
Offer to Yama holy gifts enriched with butter, and draw near: So may he grant that we may live long days of life among the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यमाय मधुमत्तमं राज्ञे हव्यं जुहोतन । इदं नम ऋषिभ्यः पूर्वजेभ्यः पूर्वेभ्यः पथिकृद्भ्यः ॥
yamāya madhumattamaṃ rājñe havyaṃ juhotana | idaṃ nama ṛṣibhyaḥ pūrvajebhyaḥ pūrvebhyaḥ pathikṛdbhyaḥ ||
Offer to Yama, to the King, oblation very rich in meath: Bow down before the Rsis of the ancient times, who made this path in days of old.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्रिकद्रुकेभिः पतति षळ् उर्वीर् एकम् इद् बृहत् । त्रिष्टुब् गायत्री छन्दांसि सर्वा ता यम आहिता ॥
trikadrukebhiḥ patati ṣaḷ urvīr ekam id bṛhat | triṣṭub gāyatrī chandāṃsi sarvā tā yama āhitā ||
Into the six Expanses flies the Great One in Trkadrukas. The Gayatri, the Trstup, all metres in Yama are contained.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)