Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 5

AV 7 5.1

यज्ञेन यज्ञम् अयजन्त देवास् तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्य् आसन् । ते ह नाकं महिमानः सचन्त यत्र पूर्वे साध्याः सन्ति देवाः

yajñena yajñam ayajanta devās tāni dharmāṇi prathamāny āsan | te ha nākaṃ mahimānaḥ sacanta yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ

With sacrifice the gods sacrificed the sacrifice; those were the first ordinances. Those mighty ones attained the vault (of heaven), where the ancient Sādhya gods are.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 5.2

यज्ञो बभूव स आ बभूव स प्र जज्ञे स उ वावृधे पुनः । स देवानाम् अधिपतिर् बभूव सो अस्मासु द्रविणम् आ दधातु

yajño babhūva sa ā babhūva sa pra jajñe sa u vāvṛdhe punaḥ | sa devānām adhipatir babhūva so asmāsu draviṇam ā dadhātu

The sacrifice came into being; it came here; it was born forth, and it grew again. It became the overlord of the gods; may it place wealth in us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 5.3

यद् देवा देवान् हविषा ऽयजन्तामर्त्यान् मनसा मर्त्येन । मदेम तत्र परमे व्योमन् पश्येम तद् उदितौ सूर्यस्य

yad devā devān haviṣā 'yajantāmartyān manasā martyena | madema tatra parame vyoman paśyema tad uditau sūryasya

When the gods sacrificed to the gods with oblation, the immortals with mortal mind — may we rejoice there in the highest heaven, may we behold that at the rising of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 5.4

यत् पुरुषेण हविषा यज्ञं देवा अतन्वत । अस्ति नु तस्माद् ओजीयो यद् विहव्येनेजिरे

yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā yajñaṃ devā atanvata | asti nu tasmād ojīyo yad vihavyenejire

When the gods stretched out the sacrifice with man as the oblation — there is indeed something mightier than that, namely that they sacrificed with the vihavya (offering).

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

AV 7 5.5

मुग्धा देवा उत शुना ऽयजन्तोत गोर् अङ्गैः पुरुधा ऽयजन्त । य इमं यज्ञं मनसा चिकेत प्र णो वोचस् तम् इहेह ब्रवः

mugdhā devā uta śunā 'yajantota gor aṅgaiḥ purudhā 'yajanta | ya imaṃ yajñaṃ manasā ciketa pra ṇo vocas tam iheha bravaḥ

Bewildered, the gods sacrificed even with a dog, and they sacrificed in many ways with the limbs of the cow. Whoever has understood this sacrifice with his mind — declare him to us, speak of him here and here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition