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Rig Veda Chapter 10 Hymn 15
10.15.1
|udratmavara ut parsa unmadhyam pitarasomysa |1. MAY they
ascend, the lowest,highest, midmost, the Fatherswho deserve a share
of Soma-
10.15.2
. ||asu ya yuravk tajste no.avantupitaro haveu ||May they who
have attained the life of spirits, gentle and righteous, aid uswhen
we call them.
10.15.3
|ida pitbhyo namo astvadya ye prvso ya uparsa yu |2 Now let us
pay this homage to the Fathers, to those who passed of oldand those
who followed,
10.15.4
||ye prthive rajasy niatt ye v nna suvjansuviku ||Those who have
rested in the earthly region, and those who dwell amongthe Mighty
Races.
10.15.5
|ha pitn suvidatrnavitsi napta ca vikramaa cavio |3 1 have
attained the gracious-minded Fathers, I have gained son andprogeny
from Viu.
10.15.6
||barhiado ye svadhay sutasya bhajanta pitvastaihghamih ||
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They who enjoy pressed juices with oblation seated on sacred
grass, comeoftenest hither.
10.15.7
|barhiada pitara tyarvghim vo havy cakm juadhvam |4 Fathers who
sit on sacred grass, come, help us: these offerings have wemade for
you; accept them.
10.15.8
||ta ghatvas antamenth na a yorarapodadhta ||So come to us with
most auspicious favour, and give us health and strengthwithout a
trouble.
10.15.9
|upaht pitara somyso barhiyeu nidhiu priyeu |5 May they, the
Fathers, worthy of the Soma, invited to their
favouriteoblations.
10.15.10
. ||ta ghamantu ta iha ruvantvadhi bruvantu te.avantvasmn ||Laid
on the sacred grass, come nigh and listen: may they be gracious
untous and bless us.
10.15.11
|cy jnu dakiato niadyema yajamabhi ghtavive |6 Bowing your
bended knees and seated southward, accept this sacrifice ofours
with favour.
10.15.12
||m hisia pitara kena cin no yad va ghapuruat karma ||Punish us
not for any sin, O Fathers, which we through human frailty
havecommitted.
10.15.13
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snso arunmupasthe rayi dhatta due martyya |7 Lapped in the bosom
of the purple Mornings, give riches to the man whobrings
oblations.
10.15.14
||putrebhya pitarastasya vasva pra yachata ta ihorjandadhta
||Grant to your sons a portion of that treasure, and, present, give
themenergy, ye Fathers.
10.15.15
. |ye na prve pitara somyso.anhire somapthavasih |8 Our ancient
Fathers who deserve the Soma, who came, most noble, toour Soma
banquet,
10.15.16
||tebhiryama sararo havyuannuadbhi pratikmamattu ||With these
let Yama, yearning with the yearning, rejoicing eat our offeringsat
his pleasure.
10.15.17
|ye tturdevatr jehamn hotrvida stomatasoarkai |9 Come to us,
Agni, with the gracioug Fathers who dwell in glowing light,the very
Kavyas,
10.15.18
||ghne yhi suvidatrebhirarv satyai kavyaipitbhirgharmasadbhi
||Who thirsted mid the Gods, who hasten hither, oblation winners,
theme ofsingers' praises.
10.15.19
|ye satyso havirado havip idrea devai sarathandadhn |10 Come,
Agni, come with countless ancient Fathers, dwellers in
light,primeval, God-adorers,
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||ghne yhi sahasra devavandai paraiprvai pitbhirgharmasadbhi
||Eaters and drinkers of oblations, truthful, who travel with the
Deities andIndra.
10.15.21
- |aghnivtt pitara eha ghachata sada-sada sadatasuprataya |11
Fathers whom Agni's flames have tasted, come ye nigh: ye
kindlyleaders, take ye each your proper place.
10.15.22
||att havi prayatni barhiyathrayi sarvavra dadhtana ||Eat
sacrificial food presented on the grass: grant riches with a
multitude ofhero sons.
10.15.23
. |tvamaghna ito jtavedo.av havyni surabhiktv |12 Thou, Agni
Jtavedas, when entreated, didst bear the offerings whichthou madest
fragrant,
10.15.24
||prd pitbhya svadhay te akannaddhi tvandeva prayat havi ||And
give them to the Fathers who did cat them with Svadha. Eat, thou
God,the gifts we bring thee.
10.15.25
|ye ceha pitaro ye ca neha yca vidma ynu ca napravidma |13 Thou,
Jtavedas, knowest well the number of Fathers who are here andwho
are absent,
10.15.26
||tva vettha yati te jtaveda svadhbhiryaja sukta juasva ||Of
Fathers whom we know and whom we know not: accept the
sacrificewellprepared with portions.
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10.15.27
|ye aghnidaghdh ye anaghnidaghdh madhye diva svadhaymdayante |14
They who, consumed by fire or not cremated, joy in their offering
in themidst of heaven,
10.15.28
||tebhi svar asuntimet yathvaantanva kalpayasva ||Grant them, O
Sovran Lord, the world of spirits and their own body, as
thypleasure wills it.
