Rig Veda
idaṃ ta ekam para ū ta ekaṃ tṛtīyena jyotiṣā saṃ viśasva saṃveśane tanvaś cārur edhi priyo devānām parame janitre
Here is one light for thee, another yonder: enter the third and he therewith united. Uniting with a body be thou welcome, dear to the Gods in their sublimest birthplace.
tanūṣ ṭe vājin tanvaṃ nayantī vāmam asmabhyaṃ dhātu śarma tubhyam ahruto maho dharuṇāya devān divīva jyotiḥ svam ā mimīyāḥ
Bearing thy body, Vajin, may thy body afford us blessing and thyself protection. Unswerving, stablish as it were in heaven thine own light as the mighty God's supporter.
vājy asi vājinenā suvenīḥ suvita stomaṃ suvito divaṃ gāḥ suvito dharma prathamānu satyā suvito devān suvito 'nu patma
Strong Steed art thou: go to the yearning Maidens with vigour, happily go to heaven and praises: Fly happily to the Gods with easy passage, according to the first and faithful statutes.
mahimna eṣām pitaraś caneśire devā deveṣv adadhur api kratum sam avivyacur uta yāny atviṣur aiṣāṃ tanūṣu ni viviśuḥ punaḥ
Part of their grandeur have the Fathers also gained: the Gods have seated mental power in them as Gods. They have embraced within themselves all energies, which, issuing forth, again into their bodies pass.
sahobhir viśvam pari cakramū rajaḥ pūrvā dhāmāny amitā mimānāḥ tanūṣu viśvā bhuvanā ni yemire prāsārayanta purudha prajā anu
They strode through all the region with victorious might, establishing the old immeasurable laws. They compassed in their bodies all existing things, and streamed forth offspring in many successive forms.
dvidhā sūnavo 'suraṃ svarvidam āsthāpayanta tṛtīyena karmaṇā svām prajām pitaraḥ pitryaṃ saha āvareṣv adadhus tantum ātatam
In two ways have the sons established in his place the Asura who finds the light, by the third act, As fathers, they have set their heritage on earth, their offspring, as a thread continuously spun out.
nāvā na kṣodaḥ pradiśaḥ pṛthivyāḥ svastibhir ati durgāṇi viśvā svām prajām bṛhaduktho mahitvāvareṣv adadhād ā pareṣu
As in a ship through billows, so through regions of air, with blessings, through toils and troubles Hath Brihaduktha brought his seed with glory, and placed it here and in the realms beyond us.