Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 28

AV 6 28.1

ऋचा कपोतं नुदत प्रणोदम् इषं मदन्तः परि गां नयामः । संलोभयन्तो दुरिता पदानि हित्वा न ऊर्जं प्र पदात् पथिष्ठः

ṛcā kapotaṃ nudata praṇodam iṣaṃ madantaḥ pari gāṃ nayāmaḥ | saṃlobhayanto duritā padāni hitvā na ūrjaṃ pra padāt pathiṣṭhaḥ

With a verse thrust away the dove, (it being) one to be thrust away; rejoicing in food we lead the cow about; blurring away the footprints of ill-going, let the swiftest flier depart, leaving strength to us.

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

AV 6 28.2

परीमे ऽग्निम् अर्षत परीमे गाम् अनेषत । देवेष्व् अक्रत श्रवः क इमाꣳ आ दधर्षति

parīme 'gnim arṣata parīme gām aneṣata | deveṣv akrata śravaḥ ka imāṁ ā dadharṣati

Around these ones send the fire, around these they have led the cow; among the gods they have made (for themselves) fame; who will assail these?

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

AV 6 28.3

यः प्रथमः प्रवतम् आससाद बहुभ्यः पन्थाम् अनुपस्पशानः । यो ऽस्येशे द्विपदो यश् चतुष्पदस् तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे

yaḥ prathamaḥ pravatam āsasāda bahubhyaḥ panthām anupaspaśānaḥ | yo 'syeśe dvipado yaś catuṣpadas tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave

He who first arrived at the downward slope, spying out the path for the many; he who rules over this that is two-footed and over what is four-footed — to him, to Yama, to Death, let there be homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition