Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.16
मैनम् अग्ने वि दहो माभि शोचो मास्य त्वचं चिक्षिपो मा शरीरम् । यदा शृतं कृणवो जातवेदो ऽथेम् एनम् प्र हिणुतात् पितृभ्यः ॥
mainam agne vi daho mābhi śoco māsya tvacaṃ cikṣipo mā śarīram | yadā śṛtaṃ kṛṇavo jātavedo 'them enam pra hiṇutāt pitṛbhyaḥ ||
Burn him not up, nor quite consume him, Agni: let not his body or his skin be scattered. O Jatavedas, when thou hast matured him, then send him on his way unto the Fathers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शृतं यदा करसि जातवेदो ऽथेम् एनम् परि दत्तात् पितृभ्यः । यदा गच्छात्य् असुनीतिम् एताम् अथा देवानां वशनीर् भवाति ॥
śṛtaṃ yadā karasi jātavedo 'them enam pari dattāt pitṛbhyaḥ | yadā gacchāty asunītim etām athā devānāṃ vaśanīr bhavāti ||
When thou hast made him ready, Jatavedas, then do thou give him over to the Fathers. When he attains unto the life that waits him, he shall become the Deities' controller.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सूर्यं चक्षुर् गच्छतु वातम् आत्मा द्यां च गच्छ पृथिवीं च धर्मणा । अपो वा गच्छ यदि तत्र ते हितम् ओषधीषु प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः ॥
sūryaṃ cakṣur gacchatu vātam ātmā dyāṃ ca gaccha pṛthivīṃ ca dharmaṇā | apo vā gaccha yadi tatra te hitam oṣadhīṣu prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ ||
The Sun receive thine eye, the Wind thy spirit; go, as thy merit is, to earth or heaven. Go, if it be thy lot, unto the waters; go, make thine home in plants with all thy members.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अजो भागस् तपसा तं तपस्व तं ते शोचिस् तपतु तं ते अर्चिः । यास् ते शिवास् तन्वो जातवेदस् ताभिर् वहैनं सुकृताम् उ लोकम् ॥
ajo bhāgas tapasā taṃ tapasva taṃ te śocis tapatu taṃ te arciḥ | yās te śivās tanvo jātavedas tābhir vahainaṃ sukṛtām u lokam ||
Thy portion is the goat: with heat consume him: let thy fierce flame, thy glowing splendour, burn him With thine auspicious forms, o Jatavedas, bear this man to the region of the pious.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अव सृज पुनर् अग्ने पितृभ्यो यस् त आहुतश् चरति स्वधाभिः । आयुर् वसान उप वेतु शेषः सं गच्छतां तन्वा जातवेदः ॥
ava sṛja punar agne pitṛbhyo yas ta āhutaś carati svadhābhiḥ | āyur vasāna upa vetu śeṣaḥ saṃ gacchatāṃ tanvā jātavedaḥ ||
Again, O Agni, to the Fathers send him who, offered in thee, goes with our oblations. Wearing new life let him increase his offspring: let him rejoin a body, Jatavedas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यत् ते कृष्णः शकुन आतुतोद पिपीलः सर्प उत वा श्वापदः । अग्निष् टद् विश्वाद् अगदं कृणोतु सोमश् च यो ब्राह्मणां आविवेश ॥
yat te kṛṣṇaḥ śakuna ātutoda pipīlaḥ sarpa uta vā śvāpadaḥ | agniṣ ṭad viśvād agadaṃ kṛṇotu somaś ca yo brāhmaṇāṃ āviveśa ||
What wound soe'er the dark bird hath inflicted, the emmet, or the serpent, or the jackal, May Agni who devoureth all things heal it and Soma who hath passed into the Brahmans.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्नेर् वर्म परि गोभिर् व्ययस्व सम् प्रोर्णुष्व पीवसा मेदसा च । नेत् त्वा धृष्णुर् हरसा जर्हृषाणो दधृग् विधक्ष्यन् पर्यङ्खयाते ॥
agner varma pari gobhir vyayasva sam prorṇuṣva pīvasā medasā ca | net tvā dhṛṣṇur harasā jarhṛṣāṇo dadhṛg vidhakṣyan paryaṅkhayāte ||
Shield thee with flesh against the flames of Agni, encompass thee about with fat and marrow, So will the Bold One, eager to attack thee with fierce glow fail to girdle and consume thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमम् अग्ने चमसम् मा वि जिह्वरः प्रियो देवानाम् उत सोम्यानाम् । एष यश् चमसो देवपानस् तस्मिन् देवा अमृता मादयन्ते ॥
imam agne camasam mā vi jihvaraḥ priyo devānām uta somyānām | eṣa yaś camaso devapānas tasmin devā amṛtā mādayante ||
Forbear, O Agni, to upset this ladle: the Gods and they who merit Soma love it. This ladle, this which serves the Gods to drink from, in this the Immortal Deities rejoice them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
क्रव्यादम् अग्निम् प्र हिणोमि दूरं यमराज्ञो गच्छतु रिप्रवाहः । इहैवायम् इतरो जातवेदा देवेभ्यो हव्यं वहतु प्रजानन् ॥
kravyādam agnim pra hiṇomi dūraṃ yamarājño gacchatu ripravāhaḥ | ihaivāyam itaro jātavedā devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānan ||
1 send afar flesh eating Agni, bearing off stains may he depart to Yama's subjects. But let this other Jatavedas carry oblation to the Gods, for he is skillful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो अग्निः क्रव्यात् प्रविवेश वो गृहम् इमम् पश्यन्न् इतरं जातवेदसम् । तं हरामि पितृयज्ञाय देवं स घर्मम् इन्वात् परमे सधस्थे ॥
yo agniḥ kravyāt praviveśa vo gṛham imam paśyann itaraṃ jātavedasam | taṃ harāmi pitṛyajñāya devaṃ sa gharmam invāt parame sadhasthe ||
I choose as God for Father-worship Agni, flesh-eater, who hath past within your dwelling, While looking on this other Jatavedas. Let him light flames in the supreme assembly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो अग्निः क्रव्यवाहनः पितॄन् यक्षद् ऋतावृधः । प्रेद् उ हव्यानि वोचति देवेभ्यश् च पितृभ्य आ ॥
yo agniḥ kravyavāhanaḥ pitṝn yakṣad ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | pred u havyāni vocati devebhyaś ca pitṛbhya ā ||
With offerings meet let Agni bring the Fathers who support the Law. Let him announce oblations paid to Fathers and to Deities.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उशन्तस् त्वा नि धीमह्य् उशन्तः सम् इधीमहि । उशन्न् उशत आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे ॥
uśantas tvā ni dhīmahy uśantaḥ sam idhīmahi | uśann uśata ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe attave ||
Right gladly would we set thee down, right gladly make thee burn and glow. Gladly bring yearning Fathers nigh to cat the food of sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यं त्वम् अग्ने समदहस् तम् उ निर् वापया पुनः । कियाम्ब्व् अत्र रोहतु पाकदूर्वा व्यल्कशा ॥
yaṃ tvam agne samadahas tam u nir vāpayā punaḥ | kiyāmbv atra rohatu pākadūrvā vyalkaśā ||
Cool, Agni, and again refresh the spot which thou hast scorched and burnt. Here let the water-lily grow, and tender grass and leafy herb.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शीतिके शीतिकावति ह्लादिके ह्लादिकावति । मण्डूक्या सु सं गम इमं स्व् अग्निं हर्षय ॥
śītike śītikāvati hlādike hlādikāvati | maṇḍūkyā su saṃ gama imaṃ sv agniṃ harṣaya ||
O full of coolness, thou cool Plant, full of fresh moisture, freshening Herb, Come hither with the female frog: fill with delight this Agni here.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)