Rigveda 10.016.02
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 16 · Verse 10.16.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
शृ॒तं य॒दा कर॑सि जातवे॒दोऽथे॑मेनं॒ परि॑ दत्तात्पि॒तृभ्यः॑ । य॒दा गच्छा॒त्यसु॑नीतिमे॒तामथा॑ दे॒वानां॑ वश॒नीर्भ॑वाति
śaṛtaṃ yadā karasi jātavedo'themenaṃ pari dattātpitṛbhyaḥ yadā gacchātyasunītimetāmathā devānāṃ vaśanīrbhavāti
When you perform the rite, O knower of birth, then give this to the fathers. When you go to that upraised order, then become a ruler under the gods’ sway.
When you have rendered him mature, then give him up, Jātavedas, to the Pitṛs; when he proceedsto that world of spirits, then he becomes subject to the will of the gods.
When thou hast made him ready, Jatavedas, then do thou give him over to the Fathers. When he attains unto the life that waits him, he shall become the Deities' controller.