Book 6: Hymn 13: Homage to death

HYMN XIII

Homage to death

1Worship to weapons of the Gods! worship to weapons of the
Kings!
Then worship to the people's arms! worship, O Death, be paid
to thee!
2Let worship be to thy defence and to thine accusation paid.
Death! be this worship paid to thy good-will and thy malevo-
lence!
3Worship to thy physicians, to thy sorcerers be worship paid!
Death! let this reverence be done unto thy Brāhmans and thy
roots.