Release him again, O Agni, to the Fathers. The one offered to you now proceeds to his destiny. Putting on new life, let him approach the surviving, let him reunite with a body, All-Knowing One!
Rig Veda X, 16, 5
Whatever wound the black bird has inflicted upon you, or the ant, the snake, or the jackal, may Agni, the all-consuming, make it whole, and Soma, who has entered within the priests.
Rig Veda X, 16, 6
O Agni, do not overturn this chalice, dear to the Gods and to those deserving Soma. From this chalice the Gods quench their thirst; in it the immortals find delight.
Rig Veda X, 16, 8
The body-consuming Fire I send far away! Removing all dross, let him go to Yama’s realm! But may the other, the All-Knowing, the skillful, convey this offering direct to the Gods!
Rig Veda X, 16, 9
Four articles are made of fig wood: the sacrificial ladle, the bowl, the fuel and the two mixing-rods. The cultivated grains are ten in number: Rice, barley, sesamum, beans, millet (anu), panic seeds (priyangu), wheat, lentils, pulse and vetch. They should be crushed and soaked in curds, honey and clarified butter and offered as an oblation.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad VI, III-Rites for the Attainment of Wealth, 13
