Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 27

AV 6 27.1

देवाः कपोत इषितो यद् इछन् दूतो निरृत्या इदम् आजगाम । तस्मा अर्चाम कृणवाम निष्कृतिं शं नो अस्तु द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे

devāḥ kapota iṣito yad ichan dūto nirṛtyā idam ājagāma | tasmā arcāma kṛṇavāma niṣkṛtiṃ śaṃ no astu dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade

O gods, if the dove, sent as a messenger of Nirṛti, seeking something, has come here — for that let us chant, let us make the expiation; may there be well-being for our two-footed, well-being for our four-footed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 27.2

शिवः कपोत इषितो नो अस्त्व् अनागा देवाः शकुनो गृहं नः । अग्निर् हि विप्रो जुषताम् हविर् नः परि हेतिः पक्षिणी नो वृणक्तु

śivaḥ kapota iṣito no astv anāgā devāḥ śakuno gṛhaṃ naḥ | agnir hi vipro juṣatām havir naḥ pari hetiḥ pakṣiṇī no vṛṇaktu

Auspicious to us be the dove that has been sent; O gods, may the bird (be) without offence in our house; may Agni the inspired one enjoy our oblation; may the winged weapon pass us by and spare us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 27.3

हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्य् अस्मान् आष्ट्री पदं कृणुते अग्निधाने । शिवो गोभ्य उत पुरुषेभ्यो नो अस्तु मा नो देवा इह हिंसीत् कपोत

hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhāty asmān āṣṭrī padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne | śivo gobhya uta puruṣebhyo no astu mā no devā iha hiṃsīt kapota

The winged weapon does not harm us; the āṣṭrī makes her footprint at the fire-place. Auspicious let it be to our cattle and to our men; let not the dove harm us here, O gods.

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