Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 16

RV 10 16.1

मैनम् अग्ने वि दहो माभि शोचो मास्य त्वचꣳ चिक्षिपो मा शरीरम् । यदा शृतꣳ कृणवो जातवेदो ऽथेम् एनम् प्र हिणुतात् पितृभ्यः

mainam agne vi daho mābhi śoco māsya tvacaṁ cikṣipo mā śarīram | yadā śṛtaṁ kṛṇavo jātavedo 'them enam pra hiṇutāt pitṛbhyaḥ

Do not burn him up, Agni, do not scorch him; do not tear apart his skin or his body. When you have made him cooked, Jātavedas, then send him forth to the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.2

शृतꣳ यदा करसि जातवेदो ऽथेम् एनम् परि दत्तात् पितृभ्यः । यदा गच्छात्य् असुनीतिम् एताम् अथा देवानाꣳ वशनीर् भवाति

śṛtaṁ yadā karasi jātavedo 'them enam pari dattāt pitṛbhyaḥ | yadā gacchāty asunītim etām athā devānāṁ vaśanīr bhavāti

When you make him cooked, Jātavedas, then hand him over to the Fathers. When he goes on this leading-away of the life-breath, then he becomes subject to the will of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.3

सूर्यꣳ चक्षुर् गच्छतु वातम् आत्मा द्याꣳ च गच्छ पृथिवीꣳ च धर्मणा । अपो वा गच्छ यदि तत्र ते हितम् ओषधीषु प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः

sūryaṁ cakṣur gacchatu vātam ātmā dyāṁ ca gaccha pṛthivīṁ ca dharmaṇā | apo vā gaccha yadi tatra te hitam oṣadhīṣu prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ

Let the eye go to the sun, the breath-self to the wind; go to heaven and to the earth according to the ordinance; or go to the waters, if there it is set for you; take your stand among the plants with your limbs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.4

अजो भागस् तपसा तꣳ तपस्व तꣳ ते शोचिस् तपतु तꣳ ते अर्चिः । यास् ते शिवास् तन्वो जातवेदस् ताभिर् वहैनꣳ सुकृताम् उ लोकम्

ajo bhāgas tapasā taṁ tapasva taṁ te śocis tapatu taṁ te arciḥ | yās te śivās tanvo jātavedas tābhir vahainaṁ sukṛtām u lokam

The goat is (your) portion: burn it with your heat; let your flame burn it, let your blaze burn it. With those bodies of yours that are kindly, Jātavedas, carry him to the world of the well-doing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.5

अव सृज पुनर् अग्ने पितृभ्यो यस् त आहुतश् चरति स्वधाभिः । आयुर् वसान उप वेतु शेषः सꣳ गच्छताꣳ तन्वा जातवेदः

ava sṛja punar agne pitṛbhyo yas ta āhutaś carati svadhābhiḥ | āyur vasāna upa vetu śeṣaḥ saṁ gacchatāṁ tanvā jātavedaḥ

Release (him) again, Agni, to the Fathers — him who, offered to you, moves with the svadhā offerings. Clothing himself in life, let the remainder come near; let him unite with a body, Jātavedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.6

यत् ते कृष्णः शकुन आतुतोद पिपीलः सर्प उत वा श्वापदः । अग्निष् टद् विश्वाद् अगदꣳ कृणोतु सोमश् च यो ब्राह्मणाꣳ आविवेश

yat te kṛṣṇaḥ śakuna ātutoda pipīlaḥ sarpa uta vā śvāpadaḥ | agniṣ ṭad viśvād agadaṁ kṛṇotu somaś ca yo brāhmaṇām̐ āviveśa

Whatever of you the black bird has pecked at, or the ant, the snake, or the beast of prey — let Agni make that free of harm, from everything, and Soma, who has entered into the brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.7

अग्नेर् वर्म परि गोभिर् व्ययस्व सम् प्रोर्णुष्व पीवसा मेदसा च । नेत् त्वा धृष्णुर् हरसा जर्हृषाणो दधृग् विधक्ष्यन् पर्यङ्खयाते

agner varma pari gobhir vyayasva sam prorṇuṣva pīvasā medasā ca | net tvā dhṛṣṇur harasā jarhṛṣāṇo dadhṛg vidhakṣyan paryaṅkhayāte

Wrap yourself around with the armour of Agni, with the cow(-hides); cover yourself over with fat and with grease — lest the bold one, exulting in his heat, insolent, eager to consume, seize you around.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.8

इमम् अग्ने चमसम् मा वि जिह्वरः प्रियो देवानाम् उत सोम्यानाम् । एष यश् चमसो देवपानस् तस्मिन् देवा अमृता मादयन्ते

imam agne camasam mā vi jihvaraḥ priyo devānām uta somyānām | eṣa yaś camaso devapānas tasmin devā amṛtā mādayante

This cup, Agni, do not overturn; it is dear to the gods and to the soma-worthy ones. This is the cup from which the gods drink, in which the immortal gods take their delight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.9

क्रव्यादम् अग्निम् प्र हिणोमि दूरꣳ यमराज्ञो गच्छतु रिप्रवाहः । इहैवायम् इतरो जातवेदा देवेभ्यो हव्यꣳ वहतु प्रजानन्

kravyādam agnim pra hiṇomi dūraṁ yamarājño gacchatu ripravāhaḥ | ihaivāyam itaro jātavedā devebhyo havyaṁ vahatu prajānan

The flesh-eating Agni I send far away; let him go, carrying off the defilements, to (the realm of) King Yama. But let this other one, Jātavedas, right here carry the oblation to the gods, knowing the way.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.10

यो अग्निः क्रव्यात् प्रविवेश वो गृहम् इमम् पश्यन्न् इतरꣳ जातवेदसम् । तꣳ हरामि पितृयज्ञाय देवꣳ स घर्मम् इन्वात् परमे सधस्थे

yo agniḥ kravyāt praviveśa vo gṛham imam paśyann itaraṁ jātavedasam | taṁ harāmi pitṛyajñāya devaṁ sa gharmam invāt parame sadhasthe

The flesh-eating Agni who has entered your house, while looking upon this other Agni Jātavedas — him I carry off for the sacrifice to the Fathers, that god; may he speed the hot offering in the highest gathering-place.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.11

यो अग्निः क्रव्यवाहनः पितॄन् यक्षद् ऋतावृधः । प्रेद् उ हव्यानि वोचति देवेभ्यश् च पितृभ्य आ

yo agniḥ kravyavāhanaḥ pitṝn yakṣad ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | pred u havyāni vocati devebhyaś ca pitṛbhya ā

The Agni who is the carrier of flesh, who shall make offering to the Fathers, the strengtheners of ṛta — he indeed shall announce the oblations forth, to the gods and to the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.12

उशन्तस् त्वा नि धीमह्य् उशन्तः सम् इधीमहि । उशन्न् उशत आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे

uśantas tvā ni dhīmahy uśantaḥ sam idhīmahi | uśann uśata ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe attave

Desiring (it), we set you down; desiring (it), we kindle (you). Desiring, bring hither the desiring Fathers to eat the oblation.

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RV 10 16.13

यꣳ त्वम् अग्ने समदहस् तम् उ निर् वापया पुनः । कियाम्ब्व् अत्र रोहतु पाकदूर्वा व्यल्कशा

yaṁ tvam agne samadahas tam u nir vāpayā punaḥ | kiyāmbv atra rohatu pākadūrvā vyalkaśā

Him whom you have burned up, Agni, him quench again. Let the kiyāmbu plant grow up here, and the pākadūrvā and the vyalkaśā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 16.14

शीतिके शीतिकावति ह्लादिके ह्लादिकावति । मण्डूक्या३ सु सꣳ गम इमꣳ स्व् अ१ग्निꣳ हर्षय

śītike śītikāvati hlādike hlādikāvati | maṇḍūkyā3 su saṁ gama imaṁ sv a1gniṁ harṣaya

O cool one, O you full of coolness; O refreshing one, O you full of refreshment — come together well with the frog-female; gladden this Agni here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain