Rigveda 12.3

12.3

śmaśānakarma kṛtvānantaramime jīvāḥ vimṛtairāvavṛtrannityetāṃ paṭhantaḥ savyaṃ bāhuṃ pratyāvartamānāḥ prenyanapekṣamāṇā ? | ime mṛtasya saṃbandhino jīvā vayaṃ putrapautrādayaḥ vyāvavṛtran | prasavyaṃ vyāvṛttāssaṃskurmaḥ tyakṣemeṇa ? parāṅmukhībhūtā ityarthaḥ | mṛtaiḥ pañcamyarthe tṛtīyā | imā mṛtebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ sūtañca abhūt | bhūtā saṃvṛttā | bhadrā kalyāṇī kṣemakārī | devahūtiḥ devasya yamasya hūtirāhvānaṃ yatra sā devahūtiḥ | śmaśānakriyā pitṛmedhākhyā | idānīṃ | prāñcaḥ prāñcikāra prakṛṣṭayāgatyāgāntarā bhūtvā | agāma gṛhān prati gacchāmo vayaṃ| kimarthaṃ | nṛtaye | nṛtī gātravikṣepe | svakarmaṇi gātravikṣepārthaṃ svakarmānuṣṭhānāyetyarthaḥ| hasāya hasanāya ca | hasanena cātra tatpūrvakrīḍā lakṣyate| putrapautrādibhiḥ saha krīḍanāya cetyarthaḥ | drāghīyaḥ dīrghataraṃ prakṛṣṭataraṃ ca vyādhyādirahitaṃ | āyurjīvitaṃ | dadhānāḥ ātmani dhārayantaḥ prāptavanta ityarthaḥ ||