Rigveda 12.4

12.4

stutiḥ pādaiḥ madhyamaṃ paridhiṃ paridadhāti | śāntikarmaṇi caturthena pādenātmānamuttarato'gneḥ kṛtvā | imaṃ madhyamaṃ paridhiṃ jīvebhyaḥ | ṣaṣṭhyarthe caturthī | mṛtyormadhya ityadhyāhāryaṃ | putrapautrādijīvānāṃ mṛtyośca madhye tiraskaraṇārthaṃ dadhāmi sthāpayāmi | kimarthaṃ | eṣāmmṛtānāṃ pitṝṇām | arthaṃ etaṃ | arterarthaḥ| gatirihocyate | gatimetāṃ maraṇākhyāṃ | aparaḥ anyo'pi putrādijīvaḥ kṣipramaprāpte kāle | mā gāt mā prāpat | ityanena prayojanena sarvathā putrādijīvāḥ | kiyantaṃ kālaṃ |
śataṃ śaradāḥ | kīdṛśāḥ | purūcīḥ bahvaścanāḥ svakāryairārtavairūśītoṣṇavarṣādibhiḥ nāgatetaḥ bahubhiḥ prāṇibhiranugatā vāntardadhatāmantardadhātu| cāntarhitaṃ ca kurvantu mṛtyuṃ | kena | parvatena pāṣāṇena ||