Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 28

AV 3 28.1

एकैकयैषा सृष्ट्या सं बभूव यत्र गा असृजन्त भूतकृतो विश्वरूपाः । यत्र विजायते यमिन्य् अपर्तुः सा पशून् क्षिणाति रिफती रुशती

ekaikayaiṣā sṛṣṭyā saṃ babhūva yatra gā asṛjanta bhūtakṛto viśvarūpāḥ | yatra vijāyate yaminy apartuḥ sā paśūn kṣiṇāti riphatī ruśatī

By one creation after another she came into being, there where the makers of beings, of all forms, let loose the cows. Where a twin-bearing (cow) gives birth out of season, she destroys the cattle, snarling and biting.

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

AV 3 28.2

एषा पशून्त् सं क्षिणाति क्रव्याद् भूत्वा व्यद्वरी । उतैनां ब्रह्मणे दद्यात् तथा स्योना शिवा स्यात्

eṣā paśūnt saṃ kṣiṇāti kravyād bhūtvā vyadvarī | utaināṃ brahmaṇe dadyāt tathā syonā śivā syāt

She destroys the cattle, having become flesh-eating, devouring. And so one should give her to a brahman; thus she would be pleasant and kindly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 28.3

शिवा भव पुरुषेभ्यो गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यः शिवा । शिवास्मै सर्वस्मै क्षेत्राय शिवा न इहैधि

śivā bhava puruṣebhyo gobhyo aśvebhyaḥ śivā | śivāsmai sarvasmai kṣetrāya śivā na ihaidhi

Be kindly to men, kindly to cows and to horses; kindly to this whole field — be kindly here to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 28.4

इह पुष्टिर् इह रस इह सहस्रसातमा भव । पशून् यमिनि पोषय

iha puṣṭir iha rasa iha sahasrasātamā bhava | paśūn yamini poṣaya

Here be increase, here be sap, here be winner of a thousand; O twin-bearer, make the cattle thrive.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 28.5

यत्रा सुहार्दः सुकृतो मदन्ति विहाय रोगं तन्वः स्वायाः । तं लोकं यमिन्य् अभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश् च

yatrā suhārdaḥ sukṛto madanti vihāya rogaṃ tanvaḥ svāyāḥ | taṃ lokaṃ yaminy abhisaṃbabhūva sā no mā hiṃsīt puruṣān paśūṃś ca

Where the kindly-hearted, the doers of good deeds rejoice, having left behind the disease of their own body — to that world has the twin-bearer come; let her not harm our men and cattle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 28.6

यत्रा सुहार्दां सुकृताम् अग्निहोत्रहुताम् यत्र लोकः । तं लोकं यमिन्य् अभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश् च

yatrā suhārdāṃ sukṛtām agnihotrahutām yatra lokaḥ | taṃ lokaṃ yaminy abhisaṃbabhūva sā no mā hiṃsīt puruṣān paśūṃś ca

Where is the world of the kindly-hearted, of the doers of good, of those who have offered the agnihotra — to that world has the twin-bearer come; let her not harm our men and cattle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition