Atharvaveda · Sūkta 15.12

15.12.1

तद्यस्यैवं विद्वान् व्रात्य उद्धृतेष्वग्निष्वधिश्रितेऽग्निहोत्रेऽतिथिर्गृहान् आगच्छेत् ॥ १५.१२.१ ॥

Then the vrātya who knows thus should come to the houses as a guest, when the fires have been taken out and the agnihotra is set upon the hearth.

स्वयमेनमभ्युदेत्य ब्रूयाद्व्रात्याति सृज होष्यामीति ॥ १५.१२.२ ॥

He himself should go up to him and say, 'O vrātya, let go; I will make the offering.'

स चातिसृजेज्जुहुयान् न चातिसृजेन् न जुहुयात् ॥ १५.१२.३ ॥

And he should release him and then offer; and if he does not release him, he should not offer.

स य एवं विदुषा व्रात्येनातिसृष्टो जुहोति ॥ १५.१२.४ ॥

He who, released by a vrātya who knows thus, makes the offering—

प्र पितृयाणं पन्थां जानाति प्र देवयानम् ॥ १५.१२.५ ॥

He knows well the path of the fathers, and he knows well the path of the gods.

न देवेष्वा वृश्चते हुतमस्य भवति ॥ १५.१२.६ ॥

His offering is not cut off among the gods; his offering becomes effective.

पर्यस्यास्मिंल्लोक आयतनं शिष्यते य एवं विदुषा व्रात्येनातिसृष्टो जुहोति ॥ १५.१२.७ ॥

For the one who offers an oblation, having been duly released by a Vrātya who knows thus, no place of abode remains for him in this world.

अथ य एवं विदुषा व्रात्येनानतिसृष्टो जुहोति ॥ १५.१२.८ ॥

But he who offers an oblation without having been duly released by a Vrātya who knows thus—

न पितृयाणं पन्थां जानाति न देवयानम् ॥ १५.१२.९ ॥

He knows neither the path of the fathers nor the path of the gods.

आ देवेषु वृश्चते अहुतमस्य भवति ॥ १५.१२.१० ॥

He is cut off from the gods; his oblation becomes unoffered.

नास्यास्मिंल्लोक आयतनं शिष्यते य एवं विदुषा व्रात्येनानतिसृष्टो जुहोति ॥ १५.१२.११ ॥

For the one who offers an oblation without having been duly released by a Vrātya who knows thus, no place of abode remains for him in this world.