अपेत वीत वि च सर्पतातोऽस्मा एतं पितरो लोकमक्रन् । अहोभिरद्भिरक्तुभिर्व्यक्तं यमो ददात्यवसानमस्मै
Depart, disperse, move away from here; our ancestors have made this world for him; by days, by waters, by nights, clearly Yama grants him a resting place.
अति द्रव सारमेयौ श्वानौ चतुरक्षौ शबलौ साधुना पथा । अथा पितॄन्सुविदत्राँ उपेहि यमेन ये सधमादं मदन्ति
Run past the two Sārameya dogs, four-eyed, spotted, along the good path; then approach the ancestors, full of good gifts, who rejoice together with Yama.
यौ ते श्वानौ यम रक्षितारौ चतुरक्षौ पथिरक्षी नृचक्षसौ । ताभ्यामेनं परि देहि राजन्स्वस्ति चास्मा अनमीवं च धेहि
Those two dogs of yours, O Yama, guardians, four-eyed, watchers of the path, seeing men—O King, let them surround him; grant him safety and freedom from disease.
उरूणसावसुतृपा उदुम्बलौ यमस्य दूतौ चरतो जनाँ अनु । तावस्मभ्यं दृशये सूर्याय पुनर्दातामसुमद्येह भद्रम्
Wide-nosed, eager for drink, the Udumbala trees, messengers of Yama, wander among the people; may they grant us sight of the sun again, may they give us good fortune in this world of the living.
यमाय सोमं सुनुत यमाय जुहुता हविः । यमं ह यज्ञो गच्छत्यग्निदूतो अरंकृतः
Press Soma for Yama, offer the oblation to Yama; the sacrifice goes to Yama, with Agni as messenger, properly arranged.
यमाय घृतवद्धविर्जुहोत प्र च तिष्ठत । स नो देवेष्वा यमद्दीर्घमायुः प्र जीवसे
Offer the clarified butter oblation to Yama, and stand forth; may Yama grant us long life among the gods, for living well.
यमाय मधुमत्तमं राज्ञे हव्यं जुहोतन । इदं नम ऋषिभ्यः पूर्वजेभ्यः पूर्वेभ्यः पथिकृद्भ्यः
Offer to Yama, the king, the sweetest offering; this homage is for the sages, the ancestors, those who made the paths before us.
त्रिकद्रुकेभिः पतति षळुर्वीरेकमिद्बृहत् । त्रिष्टुब्गायत्री छन्दांसि सर्वा ता यम आहिता
With the Trikadrukas it flies, six broad ones, this great one; the Triṣṭubh and Gāyatrī meters, all these are established for Yama.
उदीरतामवर उत्परास उन्मध्यमाः पितरः सोम्यासः । असुं य ईयुरवृका ऋतज्ञास्ते नोऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु
Let the ancestors rise up, those below, those above, those in the middle, who are full of Soma; those who have departed, free from harm, knowing truth—may the ancestors protect us in our offerings.
इदं पितृभ्यो नमो अस्त्वद्य ये पूर्वासो य उपरास ईयुः । ये पार्थिवे रजस्या निषत्ता ये वा नूनं सुवृजनासु विक्षु
This homage is for the ancestors today, those who went before, those who have departed; those who sit in the earthly region, and those who now dwell among the well-born in the villages.
आहं पितॄन्सुविदत्राँ अवित्सि नपातं च विक्रमणं च विष्णोः । बर्हिषदो ये स्वधया सुतस्य भजन्त पित्वस्त इहागमिष्ठाः
I have called upon the forefathers, the bestowers of blessings, and the offspring and strides of Vishnu; those who sit on the sacred grass, who partake of the pressed Soma by their own power—may these ancestors come here to this offering.
बर्हिषदः पितर ऊत्यर्वागिमा वो हव्या चकृमा जुषध्वम् । त आ गतावसा शंतमेनाथा नः शं योररपो दधात
O ancestors seated on the sacred grass, come near; we have prepared these offerings for you—accept them. Come with help and with peace; and bestow upon us that blessing which is free from harm.
उपहूताः पितरः सोम्यासो बर्हिष्येषु निधिषु प्रियेषु । त आ गमन्तु त इह श्रुवन्त्वधि ब्रुवन्तु तेऽवन्त्वस्मान्
Summoned ancestors, delighting in Soma, who dwell in the beloved seats upon the sacred grass—may they come here, may they listen here, may they speak here, and may they protect us.
आच्या जानु दक्षिणतो निषद्येमं यज्ञमभि गृणीत विश्वे । मा हिंसिष्ट पितरः केन चिन्नो यद्व आगः पुरुषता कराम
Sitting to the south, bending the right knee, all you ancestors, accept this sacrifice; do not harm us in any way, O ancestors, for whatever human error we may have committed.
आसीनासो अरुणीनामुपस्थे रयिं धत्त दाशुषे मर्त्याय । पुत्रेभ्यः पितरस्तस्य वस्वः प्र यच्छत त इहोर्जं दधात
Seated in the lap of the dawns, grant wealth to the worshipper, O ancestors; give to his sons that treasure, and here bestow strength.
ये नः पूर्वे पितरः सोम्यासोऽनूहिरे सोमपीथं वसिष्ठाः । तेभिर्यमः संरराणो हवींष्युशन्नुशद्भिः प्रतिकाममत्तु
Those ancestors of ours, delighting in Soma, who first approached the Soma feast, the Vasiṣṭhas—may Yama, rejoicing with them, accept the offerings, and may they, well-seated, partake according to their wish.
ये तातृषुर्देवत्रा जेहमाना होत्राविद स्तोमतष्टासो अर्कैः । आग्ने याहि सुविदत्रेभिरर्वाङ्सत्यैः कव्यैः पितृभिर्घर्मसद्भिः
Those who thirsted among the gods, striving, skilled in the rites, singers of hymns—Agni, bring them here, the bestowers of blessings, the true ancestors, the seers who sit at the offering.
ये सत्यासो हविरदो हविष्पा इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथं दधानाः । आग्ने याहि सहस्रं देववन्दैः परैः पूर्वैः पितृभिर्घर्मसद्भिः
Those true ones who receive the offerings, who drink the oblation, who share the chariot with Indra and the gods—Agni, bring here by thousands those ancestors, praised by the gods, who sit at the offering, both distant and former.
अग्निष्वात्ताः पितर एह गच्छत सदःसदः सदत सुप्रणीतयः । अत्ता हवींषि प्रयतानि बर्हिष्यथा रयिं सर्ववीरं दधातन
O ancestors who have been consumed by Agni, come here, sit in every seat, sit well-guided; eat the offerings made with devotion on the sacred grass, and bestow all-heroic wealth.
त्वमग्न ईळितो जातवेदोऽवाड्ढव्यानि सुरभीणि कृत्वी । प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते अक्षन्नद्धि त्वं देव प्रयता हवींषि
You, Agni, invoked, knower of all births, have brought the fragrant offerings; you have presented them to the ancestors, who have eaten by their own power. Indeed, you, god, accept the offerings made with devotion.
ये चेह पितरो ये च नेह याँश्च विद्म याँ उ च न प्रविद्म । त्वं वेत्थ यति ते जातवेदः स्वधाभिर्यज्ञं सुकृतं जुषस्व
Whether the ancestors are here or not here, those whom we know or do not know—you, knower of all births, know their paths. With offerings, accept this well-made sacrifice.
ये अग्निदग्धा ये अनग्निदग्धा मध्ये दिवः स्वधया मादयन्ते । तेभिः स्वराळसुनीतिमेतां यथावशं तन्वं कल्पयस्व
Those who have been burned by fire and those not burned by fire, who rejoice in the midst of heaven by their own power—with them, lead us to the world of the righteous, and shape this body as is fitting.
मैनमग्ने वि दहो माभि शोचो मास्य त्वचं चिक्षिपो मा शरीरम् । यदा शृतं कृणवो जातवेदोऽथेमेनं प्र हिणुतात्पितृभ्यः
Do not consume him entirely, O Agni; do not scorch him, do not burn his skin or his body. When you have cooked him, O knower of all births, then send him forth to the ancestors.
शृतं यदा करसि जातवेदोऽथेमेनं परि दत्तात्पितृभ्यः । यदा गच्छात्यसुनीतिमेतामथा देवानां वशनीर्भवाति
When you have cooked him, O knower of all births, then wrap him up and deliver him to the ancestors. When he goes to that world of the righteous, then he becomes subject to the will of the gods.
सूर्यं चक्षुर्गच्छतु वातमात्मा द्यां च गच्छ पृथिवीं च धर्मणा । अपो वा गच्छ यदि तत्र ते हितमोषधीषु प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः
May his eye go to the sun, his breath to the wind; go to heaven and earth by the proper path. Go to the waters, if that is your place; abide with the plants with your limbs.
अजो भागस्तपसा तं तपस्व तं ते शोचिस्तपतु तं ते अर्चिः । यास्ते शिवास्तन्वो जातवेदस्ताभिर्वहैनं सुकृतामु लोकम्
Let the unborn portion be purified by austerity; let your flame, your heat, purify him. With your auspicious forms, O knower of all births, carry him to the world of the righteous.
अव सृज पुनरग्ने पितृभ्यो यस्त आहुतश्चरति स्वधाभिः । आयुर्वसान उप वेतु शेषः सं गच्छतां तन्वा जातवेदः
Release him again, O Agni, to the ancestors, the one who has been offered and moves with the oblation; let the remaining life approach and stay, O knower of all births, let the body unite again.
यत्ते कृष्णः शकुन आतुतोद पिपीलः सर्प उत वा श्वापदः । अग्निष्टद्विश्वादगदं कृणोतु सोमश्च यो ब्राह्मणाँ आविवेश
Whatever black bird, ant, serpent, or beast of prey may have injured you—may Agni make all that harmless, and Soma too, if any Brahmin has entered you.
अग्नेर्वर्म परि गोभिर्व्ययस्व सं प्रोर्णुष्व पीवसा मेदसा च । नेत्त्वा धृष्णुर्हरसा जर्हृषाणो दधृग्विधक्ष्यन्पर्यङ्खयाते
Clothe yourself with the armor of Agni, surrounded by cows; envelop yourself with richness and fat. Having led you forth, O powerful one, with force and delight, may you hold firm those who are to be burned, lying around you.
इमम् अग्ने चमसम् मा वि जिह्वरः प्रियो देवानाम् उत सोम्यानाम् । एष यश् चमसो देवपानस् तस्मिन् देवा अमृता मादयन्ते
O Agni, do not consume this vessel; it is dear to the gods and to those who partake of Soma. This vessel is for the gods to drink; in it, the immortal gods rejoice.