Rig Veda — Chapter 9: Funeral Sukta (10.18)
14 verses
Verse 1
O Death, go away by your own path, which is different from the path of the gods. I speak to you who have eyes and ears: do not harm our children or o…
Verse 2
Having wiped away the footprint of Death, extending your life further — filled with offspring and wealth, be pure and worthy of sacrifice.
Verse 3
These living ones have turned away from the dead. Our invocation of the gods has been auspicious. We have come forward for dancing and laughter, exte…
Verse 4
I set this boundary for the living — let none of these go beyond it before their time. May they live a hundred full autumns, placing Death behind the…
Verse 5
As days follow one another in order, as seasons follow seasons in due course, as neither forsakes the one before it — so, O Creator, ordain the lifes…