History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.60

v5.c72.60

*X. 16. 1.* O Agni! Do not burn out this (departed person?), do not singe him all round, do not throw here and there (parts of) of his skin or his body, O Jātavedas (fire)! when you burn him completely, may you send him (the deceased) on to the pitṛs! 2. O Jātavedas! When you thoroughly burn this (departed person), then may you hand him over to the pitṛs! When he (the dead person) follows this (path) that leads on to a (new) life, may he become one that carries out the wishes of the gods⁴⁶⁰! 3. May your eye (of the deceased) go to the Sun, your breath to the wind, may you go to Heaven and earth by your merit or you may go to the waters if you find pleasure there (or if that be your lot)! May you rest (stand) with all your limbs in the herbs! 4 O Jātavedas! May you burn by your heat the goat that is your share! May your flame, may your bright light burn that goat,⁴⁶¹ carry this (departed) to the world of those who do good deeds by means of your beneficent bodies (*flames*). 5. O Agni! discharge again towards the pitṛs (this deceased) who being offered on to you moves about (or wanders) as is his habit. O Jātavedas! may he take on (a new) life and increase his offerings and be united with a new (ethereal) body.⁴⁶² 6. (O dead man!) May Agni who consumes all make free from blemish that limb of yours which the dark bird (crow) has pierced or an ant or a snake or a wild beast struck at and may Soma that entered into the brāhmaṇas do the same⁴⁶³.