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1. MAY they ascend, the
lowest, highest, midmost, the Fathers who deserve a share of Soma -
May they who have attained the life of spirits,
gentle and righteous, aid us when we call them.
2 Now let us pay this homage
to the Fathers, to those who passed of old and those who followed,
Those who have rested in the earthly region,
and those who dwell among the Mighty Races.
3 1 have attained the
gracious-minded Fathers, I have gained son and progeny from Visnu.
They who enjoy pressed juices with oblation
seated on sacred grass, come oftenest hither.
4 Fathers who sit on sacred
grass, come, help us: these offerings have we made for you; accept them.
So come to us with most auspicious favour, and
give us health and strength without a trouble.
5 May they, the Fathers,
worthy of the Soma, invited to their favourite oblations.
Laid on the sacred grass, come nigh and listen:
may they be gracious unto us and bless us.
6 Bowing your bended knees and
seated southward, accept this sacrifice of ours with favour.
Punish us not for any sin, O Fathers, which we through
human frailty have committed.
7 Lapped in the bosom of the
purple Mornings, give riches to the man who brings oblations.
Grant to your sons a portion of that treasure,
and, present, give them energy, ye Fathers.
8 Our ancient Fathers who
deserve the Soma, who came, most noble, to our Soma banquet, -
With these let Yama, yearning with the
yearning, rejoicing eat our offerings at his pleasure.
9 Come to us, Agni, with the
gracioug Fathers who dwell in glowing light, the very Kavyas,
Who thirsted mid the Gods, who hasten hither,
oblation winners, theme of singers' praises.
10 Come, Agni, come with
countless ancient Fathers, dwellers in light, primeval, God-adorers,
Eaters and drinkers of oblations, truthful, who
travel with the Deities and Indra.
11 Fathers whom Agni's flames
have tasted, come ye nigh: ye kindly leaders, take ye each your proper place.
Eat sacrificial food presented on the grass:
grant riches with a multitude of hero sons.
12 Thou, Agni Jatavedas, when
entreated, didst bear the offerings which thou madest fragrant,
And give them to the Fathers who did cat them
with Svadha. Eat, thou God, the gifts we bring thee.
13 Thou, Jatavedas, knowest
well the number of Fathers who are here and who are absent,
Of Fathers whom we know and whom we know not:
accept the sacrifice wellprepared with portions.
14 They who, consumed by fire
or not cremated, joy in their offering in the midst of heaven, -
Grant them, O Sovran Lord, the world of spirits
and their own body, as thy pleasure wills it.
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