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.
क्रव्यादम् अग्निम् प्र हिणोमि दूरꣳ यमराज्ञो गच्छतु रिप्रवाहः । इहैवायम् इतरो जातवेदा देवेभ्यो हव्यꣳ वहतु प्रजानन्
I send far away the flesh-eating Agni; let the stream of Yama's kingly realm go forth. Let this other Jātavedas remain here, knowing, to carry the offering to the gods.
यो अग्निः क्रव्यात् प्रविवेश वो गृहम् इमम् पश्यन्न् इतरꣳ जातवेदसम् । तꣳ हरामि पितृयज्ञाय देवꣳ स घर्मम् इन्वात् परमे सधस्थे
The Agni who has entered your house as the consumer of flesh, seeing this one and the other Jātavedas—him I carry forth for the ancestral offering, that god, with the hot libation, to the highest abode.
यो अग्निः क्रव्यवाहनः पितॄन् यक्षद् ऋतावृधः । प्रेद् उ हव्यानि वोचति देवेभ्यश् च पितृभ्य आ
The Agni who carries the flesh, who enjoys the ancestors, who grows by the rite—he indeed proclaims the offerings to the gods and to the fathers.
उशन्तस् त्वा नि धीमह्य् उशन्तः सम् इधीमहि । उशन्न् उशत आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे
With brightness we set you down, with brightness we kindle you; O bright one, bring the fathers here to this offering, together with the bright ones.
यꣳ त्वम् अग्ने समदहस् तम् उ निर् वापया पुनः । कियाम्ब्व् अत्र रोहतु पाकदूर्वा व्यल्कशा
Whomever you, O Agni, have burned up together, extinguish him again; let him rise here with his body, with flesh and skin, to the world of water.
शीतिके शीतिकावति ह्लादिके ह्लादिकावति । मण्डूक्या३ सु सꣳ गम इमꣳ स्व् अ१ग्निꣳ हर्षय
O cool one, in the coolness; O refreshing one, in the refreshment; with the frog, let there be good union. Gladden this Agni for us.
त्वष्टा दुहित्रे वहतुं कृणोतीतीदं विश्वं भुवनं समेति । यमस्य माता पर्युह्यमाना महो जाया विवस्वतो ननाश
Tvaṣṭṛ makes a husband for his daughter; thus all this world comes together. The mother of Yama, being embraced, vanished as the great wife of Vivasvat.
अपागूहन्नमृतां मर्त्येभ्यः कृत्वी सवर्णामददुर्विवस्वते । उताश्विनावभरद्यत्तदासीदजहादु द्वा मिथुना सरण्यूः
The immortals removed her from mortals, making another of like form and gave her to Vivasvat. Then the Aśvins carried away what was left; Saraṇyū abandoned the two twins.
पूषा त्वेतश्च्यावयतु प्र विद्वाननष्टपशुर्भुवनस्य गोपाः । स त्वैतेभ्यः परि ददत्पितृभ्योऽग्निर्देवेभ्यः सुविदत्रियेभ्यः
May Pūṣan, the knower, drive away this one here, the guardian of beings who never loses cattle. He gives you over to these Fathers, and Agni to the gods who bestow good gifts.
आयुर्विश्वायुः परि पासति त्वा पूषा त्वा पातु प्रपथे पुरस्तात् । यत्रासते सुकृतो यत्र ते ययुस्तत्र त्वा देवः सविता दधातु
May Pūṣan, the all-life, guard your life; may he protect you on the path ahead. Where the righteous dwell, where your ancestors have gone, there may the god Savitṛ place you.
पूषेमा आशा अनु वेद सर्वाः सो अस्माँ अभयतमेन नेषत् । स्वस्तिदा आघृणिः सर्ववीरोऽप्रयुच्छन्पुर एतु प्रजानन्
May Pūṣan know all these regions and lead us by the safest way. May the radiant, all-powerful giver of well-being, never failing, come before us, knowing the way.
प्रपथे पथामजनिष्ट पूषा प्रपथे दिवः प्रपथे पृथिव्याः । उभे अभि प्रियतमे सधस्थे आ च परा च चरति प्रजानन्
Pūṣan was born on the path, on the path of heaven, on the path of earth. In both the most beloved abodes he moves, going to and fro, knowing all beings.
सरस्वतीं देवयन्तो हवन्ते सरस्वतीमध्वरे तायमाने । सरस्वतीं सुकृतो अह्वयन्त सरस्वती दाशुषे वार्यं दात्
The worshippers call upon Sarasvatī, Sarasvatī at the sacrifice being performed, the righteous call upon Sarasvatī; may Sarasvatī grant wealth to the worshipper.
सरस्वति या सरथं ययाथ स्वधाभिर्देवि पितृभिर्मदन्ती । आसद्यास्मिन्बर्हिषि मादयस्वानमीवा इष आ धेह्यस्मे
O Sarasvatī, who comes with chariots, rejoicing with the Fathers by your own powers, sit on this sacred grass and delight yourself; as with a mother, place nourishment here for us.
सरस्वतीं यां पितरो हवन्ते दक्षिणा यज्ञमभिनक्षमाणाः । सहस्रार्घमिळो अत्र भागं रायस्पोषं यजमानेषु धेहि
The Fathers call upon Sarasvatī, who attends the sacrifice, seeking the right offering. Here, grant a thousandfold share of wealth and abundance to the sacrificers.
आपो अस्मान्मातरः शुन्धयन्तु घृतेन नो घृतप्वः पुनन्तु । विश्वं हि रिप्रं प्रवहन्ति देवीरुदिदाभ्यः शुचिरा पूत एमि
Let the waters, our mothers, cleanse him; let those rich in ghee purify us with ghee. For the divine waters carry away all defilement; I come to you, pure and purified.
द्रप्सश्चस्कन्द प्रथमाँ अनु द्यूनिमं च योनिमनु यश्च पूर्वः । समानं योनिमनु संचरन्तं द्रप्सं जुहोम्यनु सप्त होत्राः
The drop has flowed forth, following the first days, to this womb and to that which was before. I offer the drop moving in the same womb, together with the seven priests.
यस्ते द्रप्स स्कन्दति यस्ते अंशुर्बाहुच्युतो धिषणाया उपस्थात् । अध्वर्योर्वा परि वा यः पवित्रात्तं ते जुहोमि मनसा वषट्कृतम्
Whatever drop of yours flows, whatever ray falls from the arm to the altar, or from the priest or from the filter, that I offer to you with mind and the vaṣaṭ-call.
यस्ते द्रप्स स्कन्नो यस्ते अंशुरवश्च यः परः स्रुचा । अयं देवो बृहस्पतिः सं तं सिञ्चतु राधसे
Whatever drop of yours has flowed, whatever ray, and whatever else is poured with the ladle, may this god Bṛhaspati pour it together for prosperity.
पयस्वतीरोषधयः पयस्वन्मामकं वचः । अपां पयस्वदित्पयस्तेन मा सह शुन्धत
Milky plants, milky is my speech. The milk of the waters is indeed milk; with that, cleanse me together.