Rigveda 10.016.01
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 16 · Verse 10.16.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मैन॑मग्ने॒ वि द॑हो॒ माभि शो॑चो॒ मास्य॒ त्वचं॑ चिक्षिपो॒ मा शरी॑रम् । य॒दा शृ॒तं कृ॒णवो॑ जातवे॒दोऽथे॑मेनं॒ प्र हि॑णुतात्पि॒तृभ्यः॑
mainamagne vi daho mābhi śoco māsya tvacaṃ cikṣipo mā śarīram yadā śaṛtaṃ kṛṇavo jātavedo'themenaṃ pra hiṇutātpitṛbhyaḥ
Agni, burn our affliction; cover not my lament, cast not away my skin nor my body. When you, the knower of birth, have made this heard, then grant this oblation to the fathers.
Agni, consume him not entirely; afflict him not; scatter not (here and there) his skin nor his body; whenJātavedas, you have rendered him mature, then send him to the Pitṛs.
Burn him not up, nor quite consume him, Agni: let not his body or his skin be scattered. O Jatavedas, when thou hast matured him, then send him on his way unto the Fathers.