Sukta 154

Mantra 1

सोम एकेभ्यः पवते घृतमेक उपासते । येभ्यो मधु प्रधावति ताँश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात् ॥

Let him go indeed to those for whom Soma flows—some as clarified light, some as an offering to be approached—those to whom the sweetness runs forth: to them let him attain.

Mantra 2

तपसा ये अनाधृष्यास्तपसा ये स्वर्ययुः । तपो ये चक्रिरे महस्ताँश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात् ॥

Let him go indeed to those who by tapas are unassailable, who by tapas have gone to the Sun-world, who by tapas have fashioned the Vast: to them let him attain.

Mantra 3

ये युध्यन्ते प्रधनेषु शूरासो ये तनूत्यजः । ये वा सहस्रदक्षिणास्ताँश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात् ॥

Let him go indeed to those heroes who fight in the battles, who have offered up the body for the Truth, or who have given the thousandfold gift: to them let him attain.

Mantra 4

ये चित्पूर्व ऋतसाप ऋतावान ऋतावृधः । पितॄन्तपस्वतो यम ताँश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात् ॥

Yama, let him go indeed to those ancient ones who were companions of ṛta, possessors of ṛta, increasers of ṛta—those Fathers who were rich in tapas: to them let him attain.

Mantra 5

सहस्रणीथाः कवयो ये गोपायन्ति सूर्यम् । ऋषीन्तपस्वतो यम तपोजाँ अपि गच्छतात् ॥

Yama, let him go also to the seers, rich in tapas, born of tapas, the poets of a thousand leadings who guard the Sun—the keepers of the luminous Truth: to them let him attain.