यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 39/ मन्त्र 1
स्वाहा॑ प्रा॒णेभ्यः॒ साधि॑पतिकेभ्यः। पृ॒थि॒व्यै स्वाहा॒ऽग्नये॒ स्वाहा॒ऽन्तरि॑क्षाय॒ स्वाहा॑ वा॒यवे॒ स्वाहा॑। दि॒वे स्वाहा॒। सूर्या॑य॒ स्वाहा॑॥१॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठस्वाहा॑। प्रा॒णेभ्यः॑। साधि॑पतिकेभ्य॒ इति॒ साधि॑ऽपतिकेभ्यः ॥ पृ॒थि॒व्यै। स्वाहा॑। अग्नये॑। स्वाहा॑। अ॒न्तरि॑क्षाय। स्वाहा॑। वायवे॑। स्वाहा॑। दि॒वे। स्वाहा॑। सूर्य्या॑य। स्वाहा॑ ॥१ ॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
स्वाहाप्राणेभ्यः साधिपतिकेभ्यः पृथिव्यै स्वाहेग्नये स्वाहेन्तरिक्षाय स्वाहा वायवे स्वाहा । दिवे स्वाहा । सूर्याय स्वाहा ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
स्वाहा। प्राणेभ्यः। साधिपतिकेभ्य इति साधिऽपतिकेभ्यः॥ पृथिव्यै। स्वाहा। अग्नये। स्वाहा। अन्तरिक्षाय। स्वाहा। वायवे। स्वाहा। दिवे। स्वाहा। सूर्य्याय। स्वाहा॥१॥
Meaning -
Swaha to the vital breathings with their controlling lord, the soul. To earth Swaha ! To Agni Swaha ! To Firmament Swaha ! To Vayu Swaha ! To Sky Swaha ! To Surya Swaha !
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Swaha : The sacrificial exclamation on making an offering. It means, uttered in truthful speech. It denotes righteous action. All the thirteen verses in this chapter relate to cremation. They are recited at the time of cremating the dead body. The dead body should never be entered in the ground, thrown in the jungle, or a river. Cremation is the only remedy against its pollution and spread of diseases from its offensive odour. Swami Dayananda has condemned in strong words the disposal of the corpse in ways other than cremation.
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