Rigveda 1.162.11
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 162 · Verse 1.162.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यत्ते॒ गात्रा॑द॒ग्निना॑ प॒च्यमा॑नाद॒भि शूलं॒ निह॑तस्याव॒धाव॑ति । मा तद्भूम्या॒मा श्रि॑ष॒न्मा तृणे॑षु दे॒वेभ्य॒स्तदु॒शद्भ्यो॑ रा॒तम॑स्तु
yatte gātrādagninā pacyamānādabhi śūlaṃ nihatasyāvadhāvati mā tadbhūmyāmā śriṣanmā tṛṇeṣu devebhyastaduśadbhyo rātamastu
When your limbs are being cooked by fire, the thorn from the struck one reaches the wound. Not that which is of the earth, not that which is of the plant‑tresses — from those impure ones let the night be away from the gods.
Whatever (portion) of your slaughtered (body) fall from your carcass when it is being roasted by the fire, (escaping) from the spit; let it not be left on the ground,nor on the (sacred) grass, but let it (all) be given to the longing gods.
What from thy body which with fire is roasted, when thou art set upon the spit, distilleth, Let not that lie on earth or grass neglected, but to the longing Gods let all be offered.
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