Rigveda 1.162.19
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 162 · Verse 1.162.19
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
एक॒स्त्वष्टु॒रश्व॑स्या विश॒स्ता द्वा य॒न्तारा॑ भवत॒स्तथ॑ ऋ॒तुः । या ते॒ गात्रा॑णामृतु॒था कृ॒णोमि॒ ताता॒ पिण्डा॑नां॒ प्र जु॑होम्य॒ग्नौ
ekastvaṣṭuraśvasyā viśastā dvā yantārā bhavatastatha ṛtuḥ yā te gātrāṇāmṛtuthā kṛṇomi tātā piṇḍānāṃ pra juhomyagnau
One is for the eight‑horsed chariot’s utility, two for the teams — thus the season is. For those limbs of yours I make this offering; I pour the portions of the bodies into the fire upon Agni.
There is one immolator of the radiant horse, which is Time; there are two that hold him fast; such of your limbs as I cut up in due season, I offer them, made into balls (of meat) upon the fire.
Of Tvastar's Charger there is one dissector,-this is the custom-two there are who guide him. Such of his limbs as I divide in order, these, amid the balls, in fire I offer.