39. Adhyāya 39 — Pravargya

39.1

स्वाहा प्राणेभ्यः साधिपतिकेभ्यः ।
पृथिव्यै स्वाहा ।
अग्नये स्वाहा ।
अन्तरिक्षे स्वाहा ।
वायवे स्वाहा ।
दिवे स्वाहा ।
सूर्याय स्वाहा ॥

svāhā prāṇebhyaḥ sādhipatikebhyaḥ ।
pṛthivyai svāhā ।
agnaye svāhā ।
antarikṣe svāhā ।
vāyave svāhā ।
dive svāhā ।
sūryāya svāhā ॥

This oblation is for the pranas, companions of the soul, (at the end of life when the pranas merge with the universal prana). This oblation is for the earth. This is for the fire. This is for the sky. This is for the air. This is for the heaven. This is for the sun. This is the end of life in truth of word and deed. (The divinities of nature take their portion of the temporal existence of the human being when death overtakes life.)

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39.2

दिग्भ्यः स्वाहा ।
चन्द्राय स्वाहा ।
नक्षत्रेभ्यः स्वाहा ।
अद्भ्यः स्वाहा ।
वरुणाय स्वाहा ।
नाभ्यै स्वाहा ।
पूताय स्वाहा ॥

digbhyaḥ svāhā ।
candrāya svāhā ।
nakṣatrebhyaḥ svāhā ।
adbhyaḥ svāhā ।
varuṇāya svāhā ।
nābhyai svāhā ।
pūtāya svāhā ॥

This oblation is for the quarters of space, this is for the moon, this is for the nakshatra stars, this is for the waters, this is for the seas, this is for the navel, this is for purification through the fire.

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39.3

वाचे स्वाहा ।
प्राणाय स्वाहा ।
प्राणाय स्वाहा ।
चक्षुषे स्वाहा ।
चक्षुषे स्वाहा ।
श्रोत्राय स्वाहा ।
श्रोत्राय स्वाहा ॥

vāce svāhā ।
prāṇāya svāhā ।
prāṇāya svāhā ।
cakṣuṣe svāhā ।
cakṣuṣe svāhā ।
śrotrāya svāhā ।
śrotrāya svāhā ॥

This oblation is for speech and its purity, this is for the breath of one nostril, this is for the breath of the other, this is for the sight of one eye, this is for the sight of the other, this is for the hearing by one ear, this is for the other.

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39.4

मनसः कामम् आकूतिं वाचः सत्यम् अशीय ।
पशूनाꣳ रूपम् अन्नस्य रसो यशः श्रीः श्रयतां मयि स्वाहा ॥

manasaḥ kāmam ākūtiṃ vācaḥ satyam aśīya ।
paśūnāṁ rūpam annasya raso yaśaḥ śrīḥ śrayatāṃ mayi svāhā ॥

May I get the sanctified will and resolution of the mind. May I get the divine truth of speech. May I beget the beautiful forms of living beings. May I get the sweet vitality and taste of food. May all these and honour, beauty and grace be vested in me in life again and again. This is the voice of the soul in truth of word and

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39.5

प्रजापतिः संभ्रियमाणः सम्राट् संभृतो वैश्वदेवः सꣳसन्नो घर्मः प्रवृक्तस् तेज ऽ उद्यत ऽ आश्विनः पयस्या नीयमाने पौष्णो विष्यन्दमाने मारुतः क्लथन् ।
मैत्रः शरसि संताय्यमाने वायव्यो ह्रियमाण ऽ आग्नेयो हूयमानो वाग्घुतः ॥

prajāpatiḥ saṃbhriyamāṇaḥ samrāṭ saṃbhṛto vaiśvadevaḥ saṁsanno gharmaḥ pravṛktas teja ' udyata ' āśvinaḥ payasyā nīyamāne pauṣṇo viṣyandamāne mārutaḥ klathan ।
maitraḥ śarasi saṃtāyyamāne vāyavyo hriyamāṇa ' āgneyo hūyamāno vāgghutaḥ ॥

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39.6

सविता प्रथमे ऽहन्न् अग्निर् द्वितीये वायुस् तृतीय ऽ आदित्यश् चतुर्थे चन्द्रमाः पञ्चम ऽ ऋतुः षष्ठे मरुतः सप्तमे बृहस्पतिर् अष्टमे ।
मित्रो नवमे वरुणो दशम ऽ इन्द्र ऽ एकादशे विश्वे देवा द्वादशे ॥

savitā prathame 'hann agnir dvitīye vāyus tṛtīya ' ādityaś caturthe candramāḥ pañcama ' ṛtuḥ ṣaṣṭhe marutaḥ saptame bṛhaspatir aṣṭame ।
mitro navame varuṇo daśama ' indra ' ekādaśe viśve devā dvādaśe ॥

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39.7

उग्रश् च भीमश् च ध्वान्तश् च धुनिश् च ।
सासह्वाꣳश् चाभियुग्वा च विक्षिपः स्वाहा ॥

ugraś ca bhīmaś ca dhvāntaś ca dhuniś ca ।
sāsahvāṁś cābhiyugvā ca vikṣipaḥ svāhā ॥

According to its nature and action, the soul after death is violent or peaceful, fearful or fearless, dark or bright, roaring or quiet, patient or impatient, cooperative or non-cooperative, disruptive or concentrative, (and is reborn in an appropriate form).

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39.8

अग्निꣳ हृदयेनाशनिꣳ हृदयाग्रेण पशुपतिं कृत्स्नहृदयेन भवं यक्ना ।
शर्वं मतस्नाभ्याम् ईशानं मन्युना महादेवम् अन्तःपर्शव्येनोग्रं देवं वनिष्ठुना वसिष्ठहनुः शिङ्गीनि कोश्याभ्याम् ॥

agniṁ hṛdayenāśaniṁ hṛdayāgreṇa paśupatiṃ kṛtsnahṛdayena bhavaṃ yaknā ।
śarvaṃ matasnābhyām īśānaṃ manyunā mahādevam antaḥparśavyenograṃ devaṃ vaniṣṭhunā vasiṣṭhahanuḥ śiṅgīni kośyābhyām ॥

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39.9

उग्रं लोहितेन मित्रꣳ सौव्रत्येन रुद्रं दौर्व्रत्येनेन्द्रं प्रक्रीडेन मरुतो बलेन साध्यान् प्रमुदा ।
भवस्य कण्ठ्यꣳ रुद्रस्यान्तःपार्श्व्यं महादेवस्य यकृच् छर्वस्य वनिष्ठुः पशुपतेः पुरीतत् ॥

ugraṃ lohitena mitraṁ sauvratyena rudraṃ daurvratyenendraṃ prakrīḍena maruto balena sādhyān pramudā ।
bhavasya kaṇṭhyaṁ rudrasyāntaḥpārśvyaṃ mahādevasya yakṛc charvasya vaniṣṭhuḥ paśupateḥ purītat ॥

The soul comes to have hypertension by the blood, friendliness by noble thoughts and values, violence by negative thoughts and values, honour and power by good conduct, strong people by power, good people and success by love and cheerfulness. Sweetness of the throat is the seat of praise and social appreciation. Inside of the ribs is the seat of Rudra. The liver is the seat of Mahadeva. The intestines are the seat of strength. The arteries of the heart are the seat of Pashupati.

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39.10

लोमभ्यः स्वाहा लोमभ्यः स्वाहा त्वचे स्वाहा त्वचे स्वाहा लोहिताय स्वाहा लोहिताय स्वाहा मेदोभ्यः स्वाहा मेदोभ्यः स्वाहा ।
माꣳसेभ्यः स्वाहा माꣳसेभ्यः स्वाहा स्नावभ्यः स्वाहा स्नावभ्यः स्वाहास्थभ्यः स्वाहास्थभ्यः स्वाहा मज्जभ्यः स्वाहा मज्जभ्यः स्वाहा ।
रेतसे स्वाहा पायवे स्वाहा ॥

lomabhyaḥ svāhā lomabhyaḥ svāhā tvace svāhā tvace svāhā lohitāya svāhā lohitāya svāhā medobhyaḥ svāhā medobhyaḥ svāhā ।
māṁsebhyaḥ svāhā māṁsebhyaḥ svāhā snāvabhyaḥ svāhā snāvabhyaḥ svāhāsthabhyaḥ svāhāsthabhyaḥ svāhā majjabhyaḥ svāhā majjabhyaḥ svāhā ।
retase svāhā pāyave svāhā ॥

This oblation is for the hair in parts of the body, this is for the hair of the whole body. This is for the skin in parts, this for the whole. This is for blood in the parts, this for the whole. This is for the fat in the parts, this for the whole. This is for the flesh in parts, this for the whole. This is for the tendons, this for the nerves. This is for single bones, this for all. This is for the marrow in the parts, this is for the whole marrow in the body. This is for the semen. This is for the anus.

39.11

आयासाय स्वाहा प्रायासाय स्वाहा संयासाय स्वाहा वियासाय स्वाहोद्यासाय स्वाहा ।
शुचे स्वाहा शोचते स्वाहा शोचमानाय स्वाहा शोकाय स्वाहा ॥

āyāsāya svāhā prāyāsāya svāhā saṃyāsāya svāhā viyāsāya svāhodyāsāya svāhā ।
śuce svāhā śocate svāhā śocamānāya svāhā śokāya svāhā ॥

In all truth of word and deed and in all commitment to faith: homage to the spirit of new attainment, to effort for the new attainment, to balance and peace in the effort and attainment, to success in various new attainments, to effort for rising higher and higher, to purify and purification of the body, mind and soul. Homage to the purifier, to the light of purification, and all hail to the body, mind and soul for the intake of purity from the process of purification.

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39.12

तपसे स्वाहा तप्यते स्वाहा तप्यमानाय स्वाहा तप्ताय स्वाहा घर्माय स्वाहा ।
निष्कृत्यै स्वाहा प्रायश्चित्त्यै स्वाहा भेषजाय स्वाहा ॥

tapase svāhā tapyate svāhā tapyamānāya svāhā taptāya svāhā gharmāya svāhā ।
niṣkṛtyai svāhā prāyaścittyai svāhā bheṣajāya svāhā ॥

In all truth of word and deed and in all commitment to faith : homage to the fire of purification, to the soul in the crucibles of purification, to the soul receiving the light of purification, to the soul purified and redeemed, to the heat and light of the new day, to purity from pollution and evil, to disintegration of body and release of the soul, to penitence and self-introspection, and homage to new health and new happiness.

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39.13

यमाय स्वाहान्तकाय स्वाहा मृत्यवे स्वाहा ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा ब्रह्महत्यायै स्वाहा विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यः स्वाहा द्यावापृथिवीभ्याꣳ स्वाहा ॥

yamāya svāhāntakāya svāhā mṛtyave svāhā brahmaṇe svāhā brahmahatyāyai svāhā viśvebhyo devebhyaḥ svāhā dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṁ svāhā ॥

In truth of word and deed and faith, homage to Yama, lord of justice and reckoning. Homage to Antaka, transcendent time that ends up everything in existence. Homage to Death that consumes all that is born. Homage to Brahma, the Supreme. Homage to the migration of the soul. Homage to the divinities of existence. Homage to Heaven and to Mother Earth.