I fix a barrier around the living, so that none of them this boundary may pass. May they live a span of a hundred years, penning in Death beneath this mound!
Rig Veda X, 18, 4
As days follow days in orderly succession, as seasons faithfully succeed one another, so shape the lives of these, O Supporter, that the younger may not forsake his elder.
Rig Veda X, 18, 5
Attain your prime; then welcome old age, striving by turns in the contest of life. May the Ordainer, maker of good things, be pleased to grant you length of days!
Rig Veda X, 18, 6
The women with husbands still living and strong advance, anointed with fragrant balm, tearless and free from sorrow. They mount first, adorned with their jewels, to the resting place.
Rig Veda X, 18, 7
O Fire, to all those gods under you who spitefully slay men’s desires, I offer their share. May they be satisfied and satisfy me with all the objects of my desire! Svaha! To that deity who turns out to be spiteful under your protection, thinking that she is the support of all, I offer this stream of clarified butter. Svaha!
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad VI, III-Rites for the Attainment of Wealth, 1 (cont)
