सोम॒ एके॑भ्यः पवते घृ॒तमेक॒ उपा॑सते ।
येभ्यो॒ मधु॑ प्र॒धाव॑ति॒ ताँश्चि॑दे॒वापि॑ गच्छतात्
soma ekebhyaḥ pavate ghṛtameka upāsate |
yebhyo madhu pradhāvati tām̐ścidevāpi gacchatāt
Mandala 10
Sukta 154: Where the departed one should go
Rishi: यमी वैवस्वती · Devata: भाववृत्तम् · Metre: अनुष्टुप्
5 verses · 154 of 191
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Where the departed one should go
Yami Vaivasvati is the rishi, the subject the state of the departed, in anushtubh. For some soma flows; to those for whom honey runs, let him go. Let him go to those made unassailable by tapas, who reached heaven by tapas, who made tapas their greatness. Let him go to heroes who fight in battle and give up their bodies, and to those who gave a thousand gifts. Yama, let him go to the ancient fathers who kept rta and grew by it, and to the rishis born of tapas, the poets of a thousand ways who guard the sun. It is recited in the funeral rite.
तप॑सा॒ ये अ॑नाधृ॒ष्यास्तप॑सा॒ ये स्व॑र्य॒युः ।
तपो॒ ये च॑क्रि॒रे मह॒स्ताँश्चि॑दे॒वापि॑ गच्छतात्
tapasā ye anādhṛṣyāstapasā ye svaryayuḥ |
tapo ye cakrire mahastām̐ścidevāpi gacchatāt
ये युध्य॑न्ते प्र॒धने॑षु॒ शूरा॑सो॒ ये त॑नू॒त्यज॑ः ।
ये वा॑ स॒हस्र॑दक्षिणा॒स्ताँश्चि॑दे॒वापि॑ गच्छतात्
ye yudhyante pradhaneṣu śūrāso ye tanūtyajaḥ |
ye vā sahasradakṣiṇāstām̐ścidevāpi gacchatāt
ये चि॒त्पूर्व॑ ऋत॒साप॑ ऋ॒तावा॑न ऋता॒वृध॑ः ।
पि॒तॄन्तप॑स्वतो यम॒ ताँश्चि॑दे॒वापि॑ गच्छतात्
ye citpūrva ṛtasāpa ṛtāvāna ṛtāvṛdhaḥ |
pitṝntapasvato yama tām̐ścidevāpi gacchatāt
स॒हस्र॑णीथाः क॒वयो॒ ये गो॑पा॒यन्ति॒ सूर्य॑म् ।
ऋषी॒न्तप॑स्वतो यम तपो॒जाँ अपि॑ गच्छतात्
sahasraṇīthāḥ kavayo ye gopāyanti sūryam |
ṛṣīntapasvato yama tapojām̐ api gacchatāt
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