Atharva Veda 18.4

ā rohata janitrīṃ jātavedasaḥ pitṛyānaiḥ saṃ va ā rohayāmi avāḍḍhavyeṣito havyavāha ījānaṃ yuktāḥ sukṛtāṃ dhatta loke

⌊Funeral verses.⌋

Ascend to [your] generatrix, ye Jātavedases; by [roads] that the Fathers travel I make you ascend together; the offering-carrier, sent out, hath carried the offerings; united (yuktá), set ye him who hath sacrificed in the world of the well-doing.

devā yajñam ṛtavaḥ kalpayanti haviḥ puroḍāśaṃ sruco yajñāyudhāni tebhir yāhi pathibhir devayānair yair ījānāḥ svargaṃ yanti lokam

The gods, the seasons, arrange the sacrifice, the oblation, the sacrificial cake, the ladles (srúc), the implements (-ā́yudha) of sacrifice; with them go thou by roads that the gods travel, by which they that have sacrificed go to the heavenly (svargá) world.

ṛtasya panthām anu paśya sādhv aṅgirasaḥ sukṛto yena yanti tebhir yāhi pathibhiḥ svargaṃ yatrādityā madhu bhakṣayanti tṛtīye nāke adhi vi śrayasva

Look thou happily (sādhú) along the road of righteousness, by which go the An̄girases, well-doers; by those roads go thou to heaven (svargá), where the Ādityas feed on honey; spread thou out upon the third firmament.

trayaḥ suparṇā uparasya māyū nākasya pṛṣṭhe adhi viṣṭapi śritāḥ svargā lokā amṛtena viṣṭhā iṣam ūrjaṃ yajamānāya duhrām

Three eagles (suparṇá)...upon the back of the firmament (nā́ka), at the summit (? viṣṭáp) are set (çritá); let the heavenly (svargá) worlds, filled (?) with amṛ́ta, yield (duh) food, refreshment to the sacrificer.

juhūr dādhāra dyām upabhṛd antarikṣaṃ dhruvā dādhāra pṛthivīṃ pratiṣṭhām pratīmāṃ lokā ghṛtapṛṣṭhāḥ svargāḥ kāmaṃ kāmaṃ yajamānāya duhrām

The sacrificial spoon (juhū́) sustains the sky, the offering spoon (upabhṛ́t) the atmosphere; the ladle (dhruvā́) sustains ⌊dhṛ⌋ the earth, the support (pratiṣṭhā́); unto me (?) let the worlds, ghee-backed, heavenly (svargá), yield every desire for the sacrificer.

dhruva ā roha pṛthivīṃ viśvabhojasam antarikṣam upabhṛd ā kramasva juhu dyāṃ gaccha yajamānena sākaṃ sruveṇa vatsena diśaḥ prapīnāḥ sarvā dhukṣvāhṛṇīyamānaḥ

O ladle, ascend the all-nourishing earth; stride, O offering spoon, unto the atmosphere; O sacrificial spoon, go to the sky (dív) in company with the sacrificer; with the little spoon (sruvá) [as] calf, milk thou all the teeming, unirritated quarters.

tīrthais taranti pravato mahīr iti yajñakṛtaḥ sukṛto yena yanti atrādadhur yajamānāya lokaṃ diśo bhūtāni yad akalpayanta

By fords they cross the advances (pravát) called the great ones, by what [road] the sacrifice-makers, the well-doers, go; there did they set a world for the sacrificer, when they arranged the quarters, the creatures (bhūtá).

aṅgirasām ayanaṃ pūrvo agnir ādityānām ayanaṃ gārhapatyo dakṣiṇānām ayanaṃ dakṣiṇāgniḥ mahimānam agner vihitasya brahmaṇā samaṅgaḥ sarva upa yāhi śagmaḥ

The track (áyana) of the An̄girases is the eastern fire; the Ādityas' track is the householder's fire; the track of the sacrificial gifts is the southern fire; do thou, with thy limbs, whole (sárva), powerful (? çagmá), go unto the greatness of Agni [as] disposed by bráhman.

pūrvo agniṣ ṭvā tapatu śaṃ purastāc chaṃ paścāt tapatu gārhapatyaḥ dakṣiṇāgniṣ ṭe tapatu śarma varmottarato madhyato antarikṣād diśodiśo agne pari pāhi ghorāt

Let the eastern fire burn (tap) thee happily (çám) in front; let the householder's fire burn happily behind; let the southern fire burn refuge, defense for thee; from the north, from the midst, from the atmosphere, from each quarter, O Agni, protect him round about from what is terrible.

yūyam agne śaṃtamābhis tanūbhir ījānam abhi lokaṃ svargam aśvā bhūtvā pṛṣṭivāho vahātha yatra devaiḥ sadhamādaṃ madanti

Ye, O Agni, having become back-carrying (? pṛṣṭiváh) horses, shall with most healthful forms (tanū́) carry him that has sacrificed unto the heavenly (svargá) world, where they revel in common revelry with the gods.

śam agne paścāt tapa śaṃ purastāc cham uttarāc cham adharāt tapainam ekas tredhā vihito jātavedaḥ samyag enaṃ dhehi sukṛtām u loke

Burn (tap), O Agni, happily behind, happily in front; burn him happily above, happily below; being one, O Jātavedas, triply disposed, set him collectedly (samyák) in the world of the well-doers.

śam agnayaḥ samiddhā ā rabhantāṃ prājāpatyaṃ medhyaṃ jātavedasaḥ śṛtaṃ kṛṇvanta iha māva cikṣipan

Let the fires, kindled, take hold happily; let the Jātavedases, making done (çṛtá) here him that is Prajāpati's [and] sacrificial, not throw him down.

yajña eti vitataḥ kalpamāna ījānam abhi lokaṃ svargam tam agnayaḥ sarvahutaṃ juṣantāṃ prājāpatyaṃ medhyaṃ jātavedasaḥ

The sacrifice goes, extended, adapting itself (? kḷp), [taking] him who hath sacrificed, unto the heavenly (svargá) world; let the fires enjoy it, made a whole oblation; let the Jātavedases, making done here him that is Prajāpati's [and] sacrificial, not throw him down.

ījānaś citam ārukṣad agniṃ nākasya pṛṣṭhād divam utpatiṣyan tasmai pra bhāti nabhaso jyotiṣīmānt svargaḥ panthāḥ sukṛte devayānaḥ

He that hath sacrificed hath ascended the piled fire, about to fly up to heaven (dív) from the back of the firmament (nā́ka); for him, the well-doer, shines forth from the welkin (nábhas), full of light, the heavenly road, traveled by the gods.

agnir hotādhvaryuṣ ṭe bṛhaspatir indro brahmā dakṣiṇatas te astu huto 'yaṃ saṃsthito yajña eti yatra pūrvam ayanaṃ hutānām

Agni thine invoker, Brihaspati thine officiating priest, be Indra on the right thy supervising priest (brahmán); this offered sacrifice, being completed (sáṁsthita), goeth where is the ancient track of those offered.

apūpavān kṣīravāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in milk (kṣīrá-) let the dish (carú) take seat here; to the world-makers, the road-makers, do we sacrifice, whoever of you are here, sharing in the oblation of the gods.

apūpavān dadhivāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in curds (dádhi-), let the dish etc. etc.

apūpavān drapsavāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in drops (drapsá-), let the dish etc. etc.

apūpavān ghṛtavāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in ghee, let the dish etc. etc.

apūpavān māṃsavāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in flesh (māṅsá-), let the dish etc. etc.

apūpavān annavāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in food, let the dish etc. etc.

apūpavān madhumāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in honey, let the dish etc. etc.

apūpavān rasavāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in sap, let the dish etc. etc.

apūpavān apavāṃś carur eha sīdatu lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Rich in cakes, rich in water (ápa-), let the dish etc. etc.

apūpāpihitān kumbhān yāṃs te devā adhārayan te te santu svadhāvanto madhumanto ghṛtaścutaḥ

What vessels covered with cakes the gods maintained for thee, be they for thee rich in svadhā́, rich in honey, dripping with ghee.

yās te dhānā anukirāmi tilamiśrāḥ svadhāvatīḥ tās te santūdbhvīḥ prabhvīs tās te yamo rājānu manyatām

What grains I scatter along for thee, mixed with sesame, rich in svadhā́, be they for thee uprising (udbhú), prevailing; them let king Yama approve for thee.

akṣitiṃ bhūyasīm

A more abundant inexhaustibleness.

drapsaś caskanda pṛthivīm anu dyām imaṃ ca yonim anu yaś ca pūrvaḥ samānaṃ yonim anu saṃcarantaṃ drapsam juhomy anu sapta hotrāḥ

The drop leaped (skand) toward the earth, the sky (dív), toward both this lair (yóni) and the one that was of old; of the drop that goes about toward the same lair do I make oblation, after seven invocations (hótrā).

śatadhāraṃ vāyum arkaṃ svarvidaṃ nṛcakṣasas te abhi cakṣate rayim ye pṛṇanti pra ca yacchanti sarvadā te duhrate dakṣiṇāṃ saptamātaram

A hundred-streamed Vāyu, a heaven-finding sun (? arká), wealth, do those men-beholders look upon; whoso bestow (pṛ) and present (prayam) always, they milk a sacrificial gift having seven mothers.

kośaṃ duhanti kalaśaṃ caturbilam iḍāṃ dhenuṃ madhumatīṃ svastaye ūrjaṃ madantīm aditiṃ janeṣv agne mā hiṃsīḥ parame vyoman

They milk a receptacle (kóça), a jar with four orifices, iḍā [as] milch-cow rich in honey, in order to well-being; reveling refreshment, Aditi among the people, injure thou not, O Agni, in the highest firmament (vyòman).

etat te devaḥ savitā vāso dadāti bhartave tat tvaṃ yamasya rājye vasānas tārpyaṃ cara

This garment god Savitar gives thee to wear (bhṛ); putting on that, which is tārpyà, do thou go about in Yama's realm.

dhānā dhenur abhavad vatso asyās tilo 'bhavat tāṃ vai yamasya rājye akṣitām upa jīvati

The grains became a milch-cow; the sesame became her calf; upon her, unexhausted, one lives in Yama's realm.

etās te asau dhenavaḥ kāmadughā bhavantu enīḥ śyenīḥ sarūpā virūpās tilavatsā upa tiṣṭhantu tvātra

Be these, O so-and-so, thy milch-kine that yield what is desired; variegated, white, of like form, of different form, with sesame as calf, let them wait upon (upa-sthā) thee there.

enīr dhānā hariṇīḥ śyenīr asya kṛṣṇā dhānā rohiṇīr dhenavas te tilavatsā ūrjam asmai duhānā viśvāhā santv anapasphurantīḥ

Grains variegated, yellow, white, grains black, red, [be] thy milch-kine here; with sesame as calf, yielding (duh) him refreshment, be they ever unresisting.

vaiśvānare havir idaṃ juhomi sāhasraṃ śatadhāram utsam sa bibharti pitaraṃ pitāmahān prapitāmahān bibharti pinvamānaḥ

In Vāiçvānara I offer this oblation, a thousand-fold, hundred-streamed fountain (útsa); it supports (bhṛ) [our] father, grandfathers; [our] great-grandfathers it supports, swelling.

sahasradhāraṃ śatadhāram utsam akṣitaṃ vyacyamānaṃ salilasya pṛṣṭhe ūrjaṃ duhānam anapasphurantam upāsate pitaraḥ svadhābhiḥ

A thousand-streamed, hundred-streamed fountain, unexhausted, expanded upon the back of the sea, yielding refreshment, unresisting, do the Fathers wait on at their will (? svadhā́bhis).

idaṃ kasāmbu cayanena citaṃ tat sajātā ava paśyateta martyo 'yam amṛtatvam eti tasmai gṛhān kṛṇuta yāvatsabandhu

This funeral pile (? kásāmbu) [is] piled with piling; come, ye [his] fellows, look down at it; this mortal goeth to immortality; make ye houses for him according to his kindred.

ihaivaidhi dhanasanir ihacitta ihakratuḥ ihaidhi vīryavattaro vayodhā aparāhataḥ

Be thou just here, winning riches, with thought here, with ability here; be thou here, very heroic, vigor-bestowing, not smitten away.

putraṃ pautram abhitarpayantīr āpo madhumatīr imāḥ svadhāṃ pitṛbhyo amṛtaṃ duhānā āpo devīr ubhayāṃs tarpayantu

These waters, rich in honey, satisfying (abhi-tṛp) son [and] grandson, yielding to the Fathers svadhā́ [and] amṛ́ta—let the heavenly waters gratify both sides.

āpo agniṃ pra hiṇuta pitṝṃr upemaṃ yajñaṃ pitaro me juṣantām āsīnām ūrjam upa ye sacante te no rayiṃ sarvavīraṃ ni yacchān

O waters, send forth (pra-hi) Agni unto the Fathers; this sacrifice of mine let the Fathers enjoy; they who attach themselves unto a sitting refreshment, may they confirm to us wealth having all heroes.

sam indhate amartyaṃ havyavāhaṃ ghṛtapriyam sa veda nihitān nidhīn pitṝn parāvato gatān

They kindle the immortal one, oblation-carrying, ghee-loving; he knoweth the deposited deposits, the Fathers that are gone away to the distances.

yaṃ te manthaṃ yam odanaṃ yan māṃsaṃ nipṛṇāmi te te te santu svadhāvanto madhumanto ghṛtaścutaḥ

What stirabout for thee, what rice-dish, what flesh I offer (ni-pṛ) to thee, be they for thee rich in svadhā́, rich in honey, dripping with ghee.

yās te dhānā anukirāmi tilamiśrāḥ svadhāvatīḥ tās te santūdbhvīḥ prabhvīs tās te yamo rājānu manyatām

What grains I scatter along for thee, mixed with sesame, rich in svadhā́, be they for thee abundant, prevailing; them let king Yama approve for thee.

idaṃ pūrvam aparaṃ niyānaṃ yenā te pūrve pitaraḥ paretāḥ purogavā ye abhiṣāco asya te tvā vahanti sukṛtām u lokam

This [is] the former, the after down-track, by which thy former Fathers went away; they who are the forerunners, the followers (? abhiṣác) of it, they carry thee to the world of the well-doing.

sarasvatīṃ devayanto havante sarasvatīm adhvare tāyamāne sarasvatīṃ sukṛto havante sarasvatī dāśuṣe vāryaṃ dāt

On Sarasvatī do the pious call; on Sarasvatī, while the sacrifice is being extended; on Sarasvatī do the well-doers call; may Sarasvatī give what is desirable to the worshiper.

sarasvatīṃ pitaro havante dakṣiṇā yajñam abhinakṣamāṇāḥ āsadyāsmin barhiṣi mādayadhvam anamīvā iṣa ā dhehy asme

On Sarasvatī do the Fathers call, arriving at the sacrifice on the south; sitting on this barhís, do ye revel; assign thou to us food free from disease.

sarasvati yā sarathaṃ yayāthokthaiḥ svadhābhir devi pitṛbhir madantī sahasrārgham iḍo atra bhāgaṃ rāyaspoṣaṃ yajamānāya dhehi

O Sarasvatī, that wentest in company with the songs, with the svadhā́s, O goddess, reveling with the Fathers, assign thou to the sacrificer here a portion of refreshment of thousand-fold value, abundance of wealth.

pṛthivīṃ tvā pṛthivyām ā veśayāmi devo no dhātā pra tirāty āyuḥ parā paraitā vasuvid vo astv adhā mṛtāḥ pitṛṣu saṃ bhavantu

Thee, being earth, I make enter into earth; may god Dhātar lengthen out our life-time; let him that goeth very far away be a finder of good for you; then may the dead (pl.) come to be (sam-bhū) among the Fathers.

ā pra cyavethām apa tan mṛjethāṃ yad vām abhibhā atrocuḥ asmād etam aghnyau tad vaśīyo dātuḥ pitṛṣv ihabhojanau mama

Start ye (du.) forward hither, wipe off that which the portents (? abhibhā́) have said there of you; from that come ye, inviolable ones, to this which is better, being bestowers here on me, a giver to the Fathers.

eyam agan dakṣiṇā bhadrato no anena dattā sudughā vayodhāḥ yauvane jīvān upapṛñcatī jarā pitṛbhya upasaṃparāṇayād imān

This sacrificial gift hath come excellently to us, given by him, well-milking, vigor-bestowing; old age, coming close to (? upa-pṛc) them living in youth, shall lead these away together unto the Fathers.

idaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ pra bharāmi barhir jīvaṃ devebhya uttaraṃ stṛṇāmi tad ā roha puruṣa medhyo bhavan prati tvā jānantu pitaraḥ paretam

This barhís I bring forward for the Fathers; a living, higher one I strew for the gods; that do thou ascend, O man, becoming sacrificial; let the Fathers acknowledge thee who art departed.

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Thou hast sat upon this barhís, thou hast become sacrificial; let the Fathers acknowledge thee who art departed; collect thy body according to its joints; I arrange thy members with bráhman.

parṇo rājāpidhānaṃ carūṇām ūrjo balaṃ saha ojo na āgan āyur jīvebhyo vidadhad dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya

King leaf is the cover of the dishes; the strength of refreshment, the power, vigor, hath come to us, dispensing (vi-dhā) life-time to the living (pl.), in order to length of life for a hundred autumns.

ūrjo bhāgo ya imaṃ jajānāśmānnānām ādhipatyaṃ jagāma tam arcata viśvamitrā havirbhiḥ sa no yamaḥ prataraṃ jīvase dhāt

The share of refreshment that generated this man;—the stone attained (gam) the overlordship of the foods;—him praise ye, all-befriended, with oblations; may that Yama make (dhā) us to live further.

yathā yamāya harmyam avapan pañca mānavāḥ evā vapāmi harmyaṃ yathā me bhūrayo 'sata

As the five clans (mānavá) scattered (vap) a dwelling (harmyá) for Yama, so do I scatter a dwelling, that there may be many of me (?).

idaṃ hiraṇyaṃ bibhṛhi yat te pitābibhaḥ purā svargaṃ yataḥ pitur hastaṃ nir mṛḍḍhi dakṣiṇam

Wear (bhṛ) thou this gold, which thy father wore before; of thy father, going to heaven (svargá), do thou wipe off the right hand.

ye ca jīvā ye ca mṛtā ye jātā ye ca yajñiyāḥ tebhyo ghṛtasya kulyaitu madhudhārā vyundatī

Both those who are living and those who are dead; those who are born and those who are worshipful—for them let there go a brook of ghee, honey-streamed, overflowing.

vṛṣā matīnāṃ pavate vicakṣaṇaḥ sūro ahnāṃ pratarītoṣasāṃ divaḥ prāṇaḥ sindhūnāṃ kalaśāṁ acikradad indrasya hārdim āviśan manīṣayā

There purifies itself the conspicuous bull of the prayers, the sun of days, lengthener out of dawns, of the sky (dív); the breath of the rivers hath made the jars to resound loudly; entering Indra's heart with skill.

tveṣas te dhūma ūrṇotu divi ṣaṃ chukra ātataḥ sūro na hi dyutā tvaṃ kṛpā pāvaka rocase

Let thy sparkling (? tveṣá) smoke cover, being in the sky, extended bright; for thou, O purifier, shinest like the sun with luster, with beauty (kṛpā́).

pra vā etīndur indrasya niṣkṛtiṃ sakhā sakhyur na pra mināti saṃgiraḥ marya iva yoṣāḥ sam arṣase somaḥ kalaśe śatayāmanā pathā

Soma (índu) verily goes forward to Indra's rendezvous; the comrade does not violate (pra-mī) the comrade's agreements; thou rushest to join, as a male after females—soma, in the jar, by a road of a hundred tracks.

akṣann amīmadanta hy ava priyāṁ adhūṣata astoṣata svabhānavo viprā yaviṣṭhā īmahe

They have eaten; they have revelled ⌊surely⌋; they have shaken off (áva) those that are dear; having own brightness (svábhānu), they have praised; inspired, youngest, we implore.

ā yāta pitaraḥ somyāso gambhīraiḥ pathibhiḥ pitṛyāṇaiḥ āyur asmabhyaṃ dadhataḥ prajāṃ ca rāyaś ca poṣair abhi naḥ sacadhvam

Come ye, O Fathers, delectable, by profound roads that the Fathers travel, assigning to us lifetime and progeny; and do ye attach yourselves to us with abundances of wealth.

parā yāta pitaraḥ somyāso gambhīraiḥ pathibhiḥ pūryāṇaiḥ adhā māsi punar ā yāta no gṛhān havir attuṃ suprajasaḥ suvīrāḥ

Go away, O Fathers, delectable, by profound roads that go to the stronghold (pūryā́ṇa); then, in a month, come ye again to our houses to eat the oblation, with good progeny, with good heroes.

yad vo agnir ajahād ekam aṅgaṃ pitṛlokaṃ gamayaṃ jātavedāḥ tad va etat punar ā pyāyayāmi sāṅgāḥ svarge pitaro mādayadhvam

What one limb of you Agni Jātavedas left when making you go to the Fathers' world, that same for you I fill up again; revel ye, O Fathers, in heaven (svargá) with [all] your limbs.

abhūd dūtaḥ prahito jātavedāḥ sāyaṃ nyahna upavandyo nṛbhiḥ prādāḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhayā te akṣann addhi tvaṃ deva prayatā havīṃṣi

Jātavedas has been the messenger sent forth, at evening, at close of day to be honored by men;—thou hast given to the Fathers; they have eaten after their wont; eat thou, O god, the presented oblations.

asau hā iha te manaḥ kakutsalam iva jāmayaḥ abhy enaṃ bhūma ūrṇuhi

Thou yonder, ho! hither thy mind! as sisters (jāmí) a kákutsala, do thou cover him, O earth.

śumbhantāṃ lokāḥ pitṛṣadanāḥ pitṛṣadane tvā loka ā sādayāmi

Let the worlds where the Fathers sit adorn themselves (çumbh); I make thee to sit in the world where the Fathers sit.

ye asmākaṃ pitaras teṣāṃ barhir asi

Thou art the barhís of them that are our Fathers.

ud uttamaṃ varuṇa pāśam asmad avādhamaṃ śrathāya adhā vayam āditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma

Loosen up the uppermost fetter from us, O Varuṇa, [loosen] down the lowest, off the midmost; then may we in thy sphere, O Āditya, be guiltless unto Aditi.

prāsmat pāśān varuṇa muñca sarvān yaiḥ samāme badhyate yair vyāme adhā jīvema śaradaṃ śatāni tvayā rājan gupitā rakṣamāṇāḥ

Release from us all fetters, O Varuṇa, with which one is bound crosswise, with which lengthwise; so may we live hundreds of autumns, by thee, O king, guarded, defended.

agnaye kavyavāhanāya svadhā namaḥ

To Agni, carrier of the kavyás, [be] svadhā́ [and] homage.

somāya pitṛmate svadhā namaḥ

To Soma with the Fathers [be] svadhā́ [and] homage.

pitṛbhyaḥ somavadbhyaḥ svadhā namaḥ

To the Fathers with Soma, svadhā́ [and] homage.

yamāya pitṛmate svadhā namaḥ

To Yama with the Fathers, svadhā́ [and] homage.

etat te pratatāmaha svadhā ye ca tvām anu

Here is svadhā́ for thee, O great-grandfather, and for them that are after (ánu) thee.

etat te tatāmaha svadhā ye ca tvām anu

Here is svadhā́ for thee, O grandfather, and for them that are after thee.

etat te tata svadhā

Here is svadhā́ for thee, O father.

svadhā pitṛbhyaḥ pṛthiviṣadbhyaḥ

Svadhā́ to the Fathers that sit upon the earth.

svadhā pitṛbhyo antarikṣasadbhyaḥ

Svadhā́ to the Fathers that sit in the atmosphere.

svadhā pitṛbhyo diviṣadbhyaḥ

Svadhā́ to the Fathers that sit in the sky (dív).

namo vaḥ pitara ūrje namo vaḥ pitaro rasāya

Homage, O Fathers, to your refreshment (ū́rj); homage, O Fathers, to your sap.

namo vaḥ pitaro bhāmāya namo vaḥ pitaro manyave

Homage, O Fathers, to your terror* (bhā́ma); homage, O Fathers, to your fury.

namo vaḥ pitaro yad ghoraṃ tasmai namo vaḥ pitaro yat krūraṃ tasmai

Homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is terrible; homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is cruel.

This verse is not included in this edition.

Homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is propitious; homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is pleasant.

This verse is not included in this edition.

Homage to you, O Fathers; svadhā́ to you, O Fathers.

ye 'tra pitaraḥ pitaro ye 'tra yūyaṃ stha yuṣmāṃs te 'nu yūyaṃ teṣāṃ śreṣṭhā bhūyāstha

They who are there, O Fathers—Fathers there are ye—[be] they after you; may ye be the best of them.

ya iha pitaro jīvā iha vayaṃ smaḥ asmāṃs te 'nu vayaṃ teṣāṃ śreṣṭhā bhūyāsma

They who are here, O Fathers—alive here are we—[be] they after us; may we be the best of them.

ā tvāgna idhīmahi dyumantaṃ devājaram yad gha sā te panīyasī samid dīdayati dyavi iṣaṃ stotṛbhya ā bhara

Thee, O Agni, would we kindle, full of light (dyumánt), O god, unwasting; as that very wondrous fuel of thine shall shine in the sky (dív), bring thou food for thy praisers.

candramā apsv antar ā suparṇo dhāvate divi na vo hiraṇyanemayaḥ padaṃ vindanti vidyuto vittaṃ me asya rodasī

The moon among the waters runs, an eagle in the sky (dív); they find not your track, O golden-rimmed lightnings: know me as such, O firmaments (ródasī).