Sukta 12

Mantra 1

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्य॒ उद्धृ॑तेष्व॒ग्निष्वधि॑श्रितेऽग्निहो॒त्रेऽति॑थिर्गृ॒हाना॒गच्छे॑त्

Now, if unto the house of one who thus knoweth a Vratya should come as guest, when the fires have been taken up and the Agnihotra is set in place,

Mantra 2

स्व॒यमे॑नमभ्यु॒देत्य॑ ब्रूया॒द् व्रात्याति॑ सृज हो॒ष्यामीति॑

He should himself go forth to meet him and should say: ‘O Vratya, release me; I will make oblation.’

Mantra 3

स चा॑तिसृ॒जेज्जु॑हु॒यान्न चा॑तिसृ॒जेन्न जु॑हुयात्

And if he grant release, he should offer; but if he grant not release, he should not offer.

Mantra 4

स य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नाति॑सृष्टो जु॒होति॑

He who, being thus released by the knowing Vratya, maketh oblation,

Mantra 5

प्र पि॑तृ॒याणं॒ पन्थां॑ जानाति॒ प्र दे॑व॒यान॑म्

Forth he discerneth the Path that leadeth to the Fathers; forth also the Path that leadeth to the Gods.

Mantra 6

न दे॒वेष्वा वृ॑श्चते हु॒तम॑स्य भवति

His offering is not shorn away among the Gods: his oblation truly becometh (accepted).

Mantra 7

पर्य॑स्या॒स्मिंल्लो॒क आ॒यत॑नं शिष्यते॒ य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नाति॑सृष्टो जु॒होति॑

Round about him, in this very world, a settled station is left secure—who, thus commissioned by a knowing Vrātya, maketh offering.

Mantra 8

अथ॒ य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नान॑तिसृष्टो जु॒होति॑

But then—whoso, thus, not commissioned by a knowing Vrātya, maketh offering—

Mantra 9

न पि॑तृ॒याणं॒ पन्थां॑ जानाति॒ न दे॑व॒यान॑म्

He knoweth not the Path that leadeth to the Fathers; he knoweth not the Path that leadeth to the Gods.

Mantra 10

आ दे॒वेषु॑ वृश्चते अहु॒तम॑स्य भवति

Unto the Gods it is, as it were, cut away: for him the unoffered oblation comes to be (as offered).

Mantra 11

नास्या॒स्मिंल्लो॒क आ॒यत॑नं शिष्यते॒ य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नान॑तिसृष्टो जु॒होति॑

For him, in this world, no footing is left deficient—who, thus knowing, offers, not having loosed the Vrātya against him (nor set him at enmity).