Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 34

AV 2 34.1

य ईशे पशुपतिः पशूनाम् चतुष्पदाम् उत यो द्विपदाम् । निष्क्रीतः स यज्ञियं भागम् एतु रायस् पोषा यजमानं सचन्ताम्

ya īśe paśupatiḥ paśūnām catuṣpadām uta yo dvipadām | niṣkrītaḥ sa yajñiyaṃ bhāgam etu rāyas poṣā yajamānaṃ sacantām

He who, as lord of cattle, rules over the beasts, both the four-footed and the two-footed — let him, being bought off, go to the sacrificial portion; let abundance of riches attend the sacrificer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 34.2

प्रमुञ्चन्तो भुवनस्य रेतो गातुं धत्त यजमानाय देवाः । उपाकृतं शशमानं यद् अस्थात् प्रियम् देवानाम् अप्य् एतु पाथः

pramuñcanto bhuvanasya reto gātuṃ dhatta yajamānāya devāḥ | upākṛtaṃ śaśamānaṃ yad asthāt priyam devānām apy etu pāthaḥ

Releasing the seed of the world, grant a way, O gods, to the sacrificer; what has been brought up and stands ready, laboured over, let it go to the dear station of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 2 34.3

ये बध्यमानम् अनु दीध्याना अन्वैक्षन्त मनसा चक्षुषा च । अग्निष् टान् अग्रे प्र मुमोक्तु देवो विश्वकर्मा प्रजया संरराणः

ye badhyamānam anu dīdhyānā anvaikṣanta manasā cakṣuṣā ca | agniṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devo viśvakarmā prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ

Those who, brooding upon the one being bound, looked after him with mind and with eye — let Agni first release them, the god Viśvakarman, delighting together with offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 2 34.4

ये ग्राम्याः पशवो विश्वरूपा विरूपाः सन्तो बहुधैकरूपाः । वायुष् टान् अग्रे प्र मुमोक्तु देवः प्रजापतिः प्रजया संरराणः

ye grāmyāḥ paśavo viśvarūpā virūpāḥ santo bahudhaikarūpāḥ | vāyuṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ

The village animals of every form, that being of diverse forms are in many ways of one form — may the god Vāyu first release them, Prajāpati, delighting together with (his) offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 34.5

प्रजानन्तः प्रति गृह्णन्तु पूर्वे प्राणम् अङ्गेभ्यः पर्य् आचरन्तम् । दिवं गछ प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः स्वर्गं याहि पथिभिर् देवयानैः

prajānantaḥ prati gṛhṇantu pūrve prāṇam aṅgebhyaḥ pary ācarantam | divaṃ gacha prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ svargaṃ yāhi pathibhir devayānaiḥ

Let the ancients, knowing (it), receive the breath as it passes about away from the limbs. Go to heaven, stand firm with (your) bodies, go to the world of light by the paths that the gods travel.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition