Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 29

AV 3 29.1

यद् राजानो विभजन्त इष्टापूर्तस्य षोडशम् यमस्यामी सभासदः । अविस् तस्मात् प्र मुञ्चति दत्तः शितिपात् स्वधा

yad rājāno vibhajanta iṣṭāpūrtasya ṣoḍaśam yamasyāmī sabhāsadaḥ | avis tasmāt pra muñcati dattaḥ śitipāt svadhā

When the kings divide the sixteenth part of what has been sacrificed and given — those sitters in Yama's assembly — from that the sheep sets (one) free, the white-footed one, given with the svadhā-call.

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

AV 3 29.2

सर्वान् कामान् पूरयत्य् आभवन् प्रभवन् भवन् । आकूतिप्रो ऽविर् दत्तः शितिपान्न् नोप दस्यति

sarvān kāmān pūrayaty ābhavan prabhavan bhavan | ākūtipro 'vir dattaḥ śitipānn nopa dasyati

It fulfils all desires, arising, prevailing, coming to be; the sheep given, filling (one's) intention, white-footed, does not run out.

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

AV 3 29.3

यो ददाति शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् । स नाकम् अभ्यारोहति यत्र शुल्को न क्रियते अबलेन बलीयसे

yo dadāti śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam | sa nākam abhyārohati yatra śulko na kriyate abalena balīyase

He who gives the white-footed sheep, measured out with a world (as its price), he ascends to the vault of heaven, where no toll is levied by the weaker for the stronger.

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AV 3 29.4

पञ्चापूपं शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् । प्रदातोप जीवति पितॄणां लोके ऽक्षितम्

pañcāpūpaṃ śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam | pradātopa jīvati pitṝṇāṃ loke 'kṣitam

The white-footed sheep with five cakes, measured out with a world — the giver lives upon it, unexhausted, in the world of the Fathers.

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AV 3 29.5

पञ्चापूपं शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् । प्रदातोप जीवति सूर्यामासयोर् अक्षितम्

pañcāpūpaṃ śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam | pradātopa jīvati sūryāmāsayor akṣitam

The white-footed sheep with five cakes, measured out with a world — the giver lives upon it, unexhausted, in (the world of) sun and moon.

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AV 3 29.6

इरेव नोप दस्यति समुद्र इव पयो महत् । देवौ सवासिनाव् इव शितिपान् नोप दस्यति

ireva nopa dasyati samudra iva payo mahat | devau savāsināv iva śitipān nopa dasyati

Like nourishment it does not give out; like the ocean, (it is) a great flood. Like two gods dwelling together, the white-footed (ewe) does not give out.

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

AV 3 29.7

क इदं कस्मा अदात् कामः कामायादात् । कामो दाता कामः प्रतिग्रहीता कामः समुद्रम् आ विवेश । कामेन त्वा प्रति गृह्नामि कामैतत् ते

ka idaṃ kasmā adāt kāmaḥ kāmāyādāt | kāmo dātā kāmaḥ pratigrahītā kāmaḥ samudram ā viveśa | kāmena tvā prati gṛhnāmi kāmaitat te

Who gave this, and to whom? Desire gave to desire. Desire is the giver, desire the receiver; desire has entered the ocean. With desire I accept you; O desire, this is for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 29.8

भूमिष् ट्वा प्रति गृह्णात्व् अन्तरिक्षम् इदं महत् । माहं प्राणेन मात्मना मा प्रजया प्रतिगृह्य वि राधिषि

bhūmiṣ ṭvā prati gṛhṇātv antarikṣam idaṃ mahat | māhaṃ prāṇena mātmanā mā prajayā pratigṛhya vi rādhiṣi

Let the earth accept you, (and) this great mid-space. Let me not, having accepted (the gift), be deprived of breath, of self, of offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition