Rigveda 1.162.20
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 162 · Verse 1.162.20
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मा त्वा॑ तपत्प्रि॒य आ॒त्मापि॒यन्तं॒ मा स्वधि॑तिस्त॒न्व१॒॑ आ ति॑ष्ठिपत्ते । मा ते॑ गृ॒ध्नुर॑विश॒स्ताति॒हाय॑ छि॒द्रा गात्रा॑ण्य॒सिना॒ मिथू॑ कः
mā tvā tapatpriya ātmāpiyantaṃ mā svadhitistanva1 ā tiṣṭhipatte mā te gṛdhnuraviśastātihāya chidrā gātrāṇyasinā mithū kaḥ
Do not let the heat, beloved, set your very self on fire; do not let the oblation overtake and tear you. May not flesh seize you here, nor rending of limbs, O wretched one.
Let not your precious body grieve you, who are going verily (to the gods); let not the axe linger in your body; let not the greedy and unskilful (immolator) missing the members, mangle your limbs needlessly with his knife.
Let not thy dear soul burn thee as thou comest, let not the hatchet linger in thy body. Let not a greedy clumsy immolator, missing the joints, mangle thy limbs unduly.