Mantra 10
Sukta 3
वर्चसा मां पितरः सोम्यासो अञ्जन्तु देवा मधुना घृतेन । चक्षुषे मा प्रतरं तारयन्तो जरसे मा जरदष्टिं वर्धन्तु
várcasā māṃ pitáraḥ somyā́so áñjantu devā́ mádhunā ghṛténa | cákṣuṣe mā prataráṃ tāráyanto járase mā jaradáṣṭiṃ vardhantu ||
With lustre let the Soma-blest Fathers anoint me; let the Gods anoint with honey and with ghee. Ferrying me safely over to clearer seeing, let them increase for me old age, yea, the firm strength of age.
Rishi: Funerary corpus attribution (variable by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Pitṛs and Devas (ancestral and divine restorers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
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