Rigveda 10.016.10
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 16 · Verse 10.16.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यो अ॒ग्निः क्र॒व्यात्प्र॑वि॒वेश॑ वो गृ॒हमि॒मं पश्य॒न्नित॑रं जा॒तवे॑दसम् । तं ह॑रामि पितृय॒ज्ञाय॑ दे॒वं स घ॒र्ममि॑न्वात्पर॒मे स॒धस्थे॑
yo agniḥ kravyātpraviveśa vo gṛhamimaṃ paśyannitaraṃ jātavedasam taṃ harāmi pitṛyajñāya devaṃ sa gharmaminvātparame sadhasthe
He who, O Agni, entered your house with the sacrificial host and perceived the inner knowers; I offer him for the sacrifice of fathers, O god — may he heat up and be placed in the highest seat.
The flesh-devouring deity Agni, who has entered your dwelling, I turn him out, for the worship of thePitṛs, upon beholding this other (Agni) Jātavedas; let him celebrate the sacrifice (to the Pitṛs) in the mostexcellent assembly.
I choose as God for Father-worship Agni, flesh-eater, who hath past within your dwelling, While looking on this other Jatavedas. Let him light flames in the supreme assembly.