Do not burn him or utterly consume him, O Agni. Do not scatter his limbs and his skin! Perfect him, O you who survey men’s deeds, and send him on to the abode of the Fathers.
Rig Veda X, 16, 1
When you have prepared him, O All-Knowing One, then deliver him up to the Fathers. When he arrives in the realm of the spirits he will become a controller of the Gods.
Rig Veda X, 16, 2
The Sun receive your eye, the Wind your spirit! Go, as is your merit, to earth or heaven, or, if that be your lot, to the waters, with your body diffused in the plants of the field.
Rig Veda X, 16, 3
Your share is the goat–burn him with your heat! May your blazing light and flame consume him! By these your auspicious forms, All-Knowing One, convey this man to the world of the saints.
Rig Veda X, 16, 4
Uddalaka, the son of Aruna, taught this to his pupil Vijasaneya Yajnavalkya and said: Should One pour it (the paste) even On a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves spring forth.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad VI, III-Rites for the Attainment of Wealth, 7
