Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 14

RV 10 14.1

परेयिवाꣳसम् प्रवतो महीर् अनु बहुभ्यः पन्थाम् अनुपस्पशानम् । वैवस्वतꣳ सꣳगमनꣳ जनानाꣳ यमꣳ राजानꣳ हविषा दुवस्य

pareyivāṁsam pravato mahīr anu bahubhyaḥ panthām anupaspaśānam | vaivasvataṁ saṁgamanaṁ janānāṁ yamaṁ rājānaṁ haviṣā duvasya

Him who has gone forth along the great slopes, who has spied out a path for many — Vivasvat's son, the gatherer of people, Yama the king — honour with an oblation.

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RV 10 14.2

यमो नो गातुम् प्रथमो विवेद नैषा गव्यूतिर् अपभर्तवा उ । यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेयुर् एना जज्ञानाः पथ्या३ अनु स्वाः

yamo no gātum prathamo viveda naiṣā gavyūtir apabhartavā u | yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ pareyur enā jajñānāḥ pathyā3 anu svāḥ

Yama first found out a way for us; that pasture-land is not to be taken away. Where our forefathers went forth, there the born ones (go), each along his own paths.

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RV 10 14.3

मातली कव्यैर् यमो अङ्गिरोभिर् बृहस्पतिर् ऋक्वभिर् वावृधानः । याꣳश् च देवा वावृधुर् ये च देवान् स्वाहान्ये स्वधयान्ये मदन्ति

mātalī kavyair yamo aṅgirobhir bṛhaspatir ṛkvabhir vāvṛdhānaḥ | yām̐ś ca devā vāvṛdhur ye ca devān svāhānye svadhayānye madanti

Mātalī grown strong with the Kāvyas, Yama with the Aṅgirases, Bṛhaspati with the singers — those whom the gods made strong and those who made the gods strong: some rejoice in the svāhā-call, some in the svadhā-offering.

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RV 10 14.4

इमꣳ यम प्रस्तरम् आ हि सीदाङ्गिरोभिः पितृभिः सꣳविदानः । आ त्वा मन्त्राः कविशस्ता वहन्त्व् एना राजन् हविषा मादयस्व

imaṁ yama prastaram ā hi sīdāṅgirobhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saṁvidānaḥ | ā tvā mantrāḥ kaviśastā vahantv enā rājan haviṣā mādayasva

Sit down here, Yama, upon this strewn grass, in accord with the Aṅgirases, with the fathers. Let the formulas recited by the poets carry you here; take pleasure, O king, in this oblation.

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RV 10 14.5

अङ्गिरोभिर् आ गहि यज्ञियेभिर् यम वैरूपैर् इह मादयस्व । विवस्वन्तꣳ हुवे यः पिता ते ऽस्मिन् यज्ञे बर्हिष्य् आ निषद्य

aṅgirobhir ā gahi yajñiyebhir yama vairūpair iha mādayasva | vivasvantaṁ huve yaḥ pitā te 'smin yajñe barhiṣy ā niṣadya

Come, Yama, with the Aṅgirases worthy of sacrifice; take pleasure here with the Vairūpas. I call Vivasvat, who is your father, to sit down here at this sacrifice on the barhis.

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RV 10 14.6

अङ्गिरसो नः पितरो नवग्वा अथर्वाणो भृगवः सोम्यासः । तेषाꣳ वयꣳ सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम् अपि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम

aṅgiraso naḥ pitaro navagvā atharvāṇo bhṛgavaḥ somyāsaḥ | teṣāṁ vayaṁ sumatau yajñiyānām api bhadre saumanase syāma

The Aṅgirases are our fathers, the Navagvas, the Atharvans, the Bhṛgus, the Soma-lovers. May we be in the good favour of those worthy of sacrifice, in their auspicious goodwill.

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RV 10 14.7

प्रेहि प्रेहि पथिभिः पूर्व्येभिर् यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेयुः । उभा राजाना स्वधया मदन्ता यमम् पश्यासि वरुणꣳ च देवम्

prehi prehi pathibhiḥ pūrvyebhir yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ pareyuḥ | ubhā rājānā svadhayā madantā yamam paśyāsi varuṇaṁ ca devam

Go forth, go forth by the ancient paths, where our forefathers went forth. You shall see the two kings rejoicing in the svadhā-offering, Yama and the god Varuṇa.

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RV 10 14.8

सꣳ गच्छस्व पितृभिः सꣳ यमेनेष्टापूर्तेन परमे व्योमन् । हित्वायावद्यम् पुनर् अस्तम् एहि सꣳ गच्छस्व तन्वा सुवर्चाः

saṁ gacchasva pitṛbhiḥ saṁ yameneṣṭāpūrtena parame vyoman | hitvāyāvadyam punar astam ehi saṁ gacchasva tanvā suvarcāḥ

Unite with the fathers, unite with Yama, with what you have sacrificed and given, in the highest heaven. Leaving behind what is blameworthy, come home again; unite with a body, full of splendour.

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RV 10 14.9

अपेत वीत वि च सर्पतातो ऽस्मा एतम् पितरो लोकम् अक्रन् । अहोभिर् अद्भिर् अक्तुभिर् व्यक्तꣳ यमो ददात्य् अवसानम् अस्मै

apeta vīta vi ca sarpatāto 'smā etam pitaro lokam akran | ahobhir adbhir aktubhir vyaktaṁ yamo dadāty avasānam asmai

Go away, disperse, and creep apart from here: for him the fathers have made this place. Yama gives him a resting-place marked out by days, by waters, by nights.

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RV 10 14.10

अति द्रव सारमेयौ श्वानौ चतुरक्षौ शबलौ साधुना पथा । अथा पितॄन् सुविदत्राꣳ उपेहि यमेन ये सधमादम् मदन्ति

ati drava sārameyau śvānau caturakṣau śabalau sādhunā pathā | athā pitṝn suvidatrām̐ upehi yamena ye sadhamādam madanti

Run past the two dogs, Saramā's sons, four-eyed and mottled, by the straight path; then come up to the fathers, easy to find, who rejoice in the common feast with Yama.

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RV 10 14.11

यौ ते श्वानौ यम रक्षितारौ चतुरक्षौ पथिरक्षी नृचक्षसौ । ताभ्याम् एनम् परि देहि राजन् स्वस्ति चास्मा अनमीवꣳ च धेहि

yau te śvānau yama rakṣitārau caturakṣau pathirakṣī nṛcakṣasau | tābhyām enam pari dehi rājan svasti cāsmā anamīvaṁ ca dhehi

Your two dogs, Yama, the guardians, four-eyed, path-watching, watching over men — entrust him to those two, O king, and grant him well-being and freedom from sickness.

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RV 10 14.12

उरूणसाव् असुतृपा उदुम्बलौ यमस्य दूतौ चरतो जनाꣳ अनु । ताव् अस्मभ्यꣳ दृशये सूर्याय पुनर् दाताम् असुम् अद्येह भद्रम्

urūṇasāv asutṛpā udumbalau yamasya dūtau carato janām̐ anu | tāv asmabhyaṁ dṛśaye sūryāya punar dātām asum adyeha bhadram

Broad-nosed, life-consuming, udumbala — Yama's two messengers move among the people. Let those two give back to us today here a good breath of life, to see the sun.

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RV 10 14.13

यमाय सोमꣳ सुनुत यमाय जुहुता हविः । यमꣳ ह यज्ञो गच्छत्य् अग्निदूतो अरꣳकृतः

yamāya somaṁ sunuta yamāya juhutā haviḥ | yamaṁ ha yajño gacchaty agnidūto araṁkṛtaḥ

Press soma for Yama, pour the oblation for Yama; to Yama indeed goes the sacrifice, well-prepared, with Agni as its messenger.

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RV 10 14.14

यमाय घृतवद् धविर् जुहोत प्र च तिष्ठत । स नो देवेष्व् आ यमद् दीर्घम् आयुः प्र जीवसे

yamāya ghṛtavad dhavir juhota pra ca tiṣṭhata | sa no deveṣv ā yamad dīrgham āyuḥ pra jīvase

Pour for Yama the ghee-rich oblation and step forth; may he lead us among the gods, to long life, to live on.

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RV 10 14.15

यमाय मधुमत्तमꣳ राज्ञे हव्यꣳ जुहोतन । इदꣳ नम ऋषिभ्यः पूर्वजेभ्यः पूर्वेभ्यः पथिकृद्भ्यः

yamāya madhumattamaṁ rājñe havyaṁ juhotana | idaṁ nama ṛṣibhyaḥ pūrvajebhyaḥ pūrvebhyaḥ pathikṛdbhyaḥ

Pour for Yama the king the sweetest oblation. This homage is for the ṛṣis born of old, for the ancient path-makers.

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RV 10 14.16

त्रिकद्रुकेभिः पतति षऴ् उर्वीर् एकम् इद् बृहत् । त्रिष्टुब् गायत्री छन्दाꣳसि सर्वा ता यम आहिता

trikadrukebhiḥ patati ṣaḻ urvīr ekam id bṛhat | triṣṭub gāyatrī chandāṁsi sarvā tā yama āhitā

With the Trikadrukas it flies — six wide (spaces), and one, the great. Triṣṭubh, gāyatrī — all these metres are set in Yama.

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