Ṛgveda · Sūkta 10.18
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10.18.1
परं॑ मृत्यो॒ अनु॒ परे॑हि॒ पन्थां॒ यस्ते॒ स्व इत॑रो देव॒याना॑त् ।
चक्षु॑ष्मते शृण्व॒ते ते॑ ब्रवीमि॒ मा नः॑ प्र॒जां री॑रिषो॒ मोत वी॒रान् ॥
O Death, go forward along your own path, separate from the path of the gods. To the one who has eyes and hears I say: do not harm our offspring, nor our heroes.
10.18.2
मृ॒त्योः प॒दं यो॒पय॑न्तो॒ यदैत॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयुः॑ प्रत॒रं दधा॑नाः ।
आ॒प्याय॑मानाः प्र॒जया॒ धने॑न शु॒द्धाः पू॒ता भ॑वत यज्ञियासः ॥
Those who went approaching the step of Death, carrying long life forward: nourished with offspring and wealth, become purified and pure, O worthy of sacrifice.
10.18.3
इ॒मे जी॒वा वि मृ॒तैराव॑वृत्र॒न्नभू॑द्भ॒द्रा दे॒वहू॑तिर्नो अ॒द्य ।
प्राञ्चो॑ अगाम नृ॒तये॒ हसा॑य॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयुः॑ प्रत॒रं दधा॑नाः ॥
These living ones have been separated from the dead; today our invocation of the gods has become auspicious. We have gone forward to dance and to laughter, bearing long life before us.
10.18.4
इ॒मं जी॒वेभ्यः॑ परि॒धिं द॑धामि॒ मैषां॒ नु गा॒दप॑रो॒ अर्थ॑मे॒तम् ।
श॒तं जी॑वन्तु श॒रदः॑ पुरू॒चीर॒न्तर्मृ॒त्युं द॑धतां॒ पर्व॑तेन ॥
For the living I place this boundary; let none of them go toward another goal. May these live a hundred autumns; may the many-formed autumns place Death between, together with the mountain.
10.18.5
यथाहा॑न्यनुपू॒र्वं भव॑न्ति॒ यथ॑ ऋ॒तव॑ ऋ॒तुभि॒र्यन्ति॑ सा॒धु ।
यथा॒ न पूर्व॒मप॑रो॒ जहा॑ति ए॒वा धा॑त॒रायूं॑षि कल्पयैषाम् ॥
As days come in succession, as seasons move well by the seasons, and as one does not leave behind the former, so, O Dhātṛ, appoint the life-spans of these.
10.18.6
आ रो॑ह॒तायु॑र्ज॒रसं॑ वृणा॒ना अ॑नुपू॒र्वं यत॑माना॒ यति॒ ष्ठ ।
इ॒ह त्वष्टा॑ सु॒जनि॑मा स॒जोषा॑ दी॒र्घमायुः॑ करति जी॒वसे॑ वः ॥
Climb up to life, choosing old age; striving in order, go and stand. Here may Tvaṣṭṛ, the well-born, ever harmonious, make a long life for you to live.
10.18.7
इ॒मा नारी॑रविध॒वाः सु॒पत्नी॒राञ्ज॑नेन स॒र्पिषा॒ सं वि॑शन्तु ।
अ॒न॒श्रवो॑ऽनमी॒वाः सु॒रत्ना॒ आ रो॑हन्तु॒ जन॑यो॒ योनि॒मग्रे॑ ॥
Let these women, not widowed, well-wedded, enter together with collyrium and ghee. Let the wives, free of tears and disease, richly adorned, mount up as before.
10.18.8
उदी॑र्ष्व नार्य॒भि जी॑वलो॒कं ग॒तासु॑मे॒तमुप॑ शेष॒ एहि॑ ।
ह॒स्त॒ग्रा॒भस्य॑ दिधि॒षोस्तवे॒दं पत्यु॑र्जनि॒त्वम॒भि सं ब॑भूथ ॥
Woman, rise up, come toward the world of the living. You lay beside the one whose breath has gone; come. With your husband who took your hand and desires you, you have been born again.
10.18.9
धनु॒र्हस्ता॑दा॒ददा॑नो मृ॒तस्या॒स्मे क्ष॒त्राय॒ वर्च॑से॒ बला॑य ।
अत्रै॒व त्वमि॒ह व॒यं सु॒वीरा॒ विश्वा॒ स्पृधो॑ अ॒भिमा॑तीर्जयेम ॥
Taking the bow from the dead man's hand, for our strength, splendor and might, here indeed, you and we, having good heroes, may we conquer all rivals and hostile attackers.
10.18.10
उप॑ सर्प मा॒तरं॒ भूमि॑मे॒तामु॑रु॒व्यच॑सं पृथि॒वीं सु॒शेवा॑म् ।
ऊर्ण॑म्रदा युव॒तिर्दक्षि॑णावत ए॒षा त्वा॑ पातु॒ निरृ॑तेरु॒पस्था॑त् ॥
Mother, creep toward this earth, wide-spreading and kind. Wide-spreading, soft as wool, young and giver of gifts, may she protect you from the lap of Nirṛti.
10.18.11
उच्छ्व॑ञ्चस्व पृथिवि॒ मा नि बा॑धथाः सूपाय॒नास्मै॑ भव सूपवञ्च॒ना ।
मा॒ता पु॒त्रं यथा॑ सि॒चाभ्ये॑नं भूम ऊर्णुहि ॥
Earth, swell up, do not press him down. Be easy of approach to him, easy to embrace. As a mother with her embrace covers her son, so cover him, O earth.
10.18.12
उ॒च्छ्वञ्च॑माना पृथि॒वी सु ति॑ष्ठतु स॒हस्रं॒ मित॒ उप॒ हि श्रय॑न्ताम् ।
ते गृ॒हासो॑ घृत॒श्चुतो॑ भवन्तु वि॒श्वाहा॑स्मै शर॒णाः स॒न्त्वत्र॑ ॥
May the rising earth stand firmly well; may a thousand pillars rest upon it. Let those houses drip with ghee; let them always be refuges for him here.
10.18.13
उत्ते॑ स्तभ्नामि पृथि॒वीं त्वत्परी॒मं लो॒गं नि॒दध॒न्मो अ॒हं रि॑षम् ।
ए॒तां स्थूणां॑ पि॒तरो॑ धारयन्तु॒ तेऽत्रा॑ य॒मः साद॑ना ते मिनोतु ॥
For you I lift up the earth; placing this mound of clay around you, may I never cause harm. May the fathers hold up these pillars, and may Yama here fashion your resting places.
10.18.14
प्र॒ती॒चीने॒ मामह॒नीष्वाः॑ प॒र्णमि॒वा द॑धुः ।
प्र॒तीचीं॑ जग्रभा॒ वाच॒मश्वं॑ रश॒नया॑ यथा ॥
On the day when the arrows turn back, they laid me down like a feather. I seized the returning speech, as one seizes a horse with a rein.