य ईशे पशुपतिः पशूनाम् चतुष्पदाम् उत यो द्विपदाम् । निष्क्रीतः स यज्ञियं भागम् एतु रायस् पोषा यजमानं सचन्ताम् ॥१॥
ya īśe paśupatiḥ paśūnām catuṣpadām uta yo dvipadām | niṣkrītaḥ sa yajñiyaṃ bhāgam etu rāyas poṣā yajamānaṃ sacantām ||1||
The lord of cattle, who rules over (īç) the cattle, the four-footed, and who also over the two-footed—let him, bought off, go to [his] sacrificial portion; let abundances of wealth attach themselves to (sac) the sacrificer.
Do ye, releasing (pra-muc) the seed of being, assign progress (gātú) to the sacrificer, O gods; what hath stood brought hither (upákṛta), strenuous (çaçamāná), let it go upon the dear path of the gods.
ये बध्यमानम् अनु दीध्याना अन्वैक्षन्त मनसा चक्षुषा च । अग्निष् टान् अग्रे प्र मुमोक्तु देवो विश्वकर्मा प्रजया संरराणः ॥३॥
ye badhyamānam anu dīdhyānā anvaikṣanta manasā cakṣuṣā ca | agniṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devo viśvakarmā prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ ||3||
They who, giving attention to (anu-dhī) the one being bound, looked after [him] with mind and with eye—let the divine Agni at first (ágre) release them, he the all-working, in unison with (saṁ-rā) progeny.
ye grāmyāḥ paśavo viśvarūpā virūpāḥ santo bahudhaikarūpāḥ | vāyuṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ ||4||
The cattle that are of the village, all-formed, being of various forms, manifoldly of one form—let the divine Vāyu at first release them, Prajāpati, in unison with progeny.
प्रजानन्तः प्रति गृह्णन्तु पूर्वे प्राणम् अङ्गेभ्यः पर्य् आचरन्तम् । दिवं गछ प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः स्वर्गं याहि पथिभिर् देवयानैः ॥५॥
prajānantaḥ prati gṛhṇantu pūrve prāṇam aṅgebhyaḥ pary ācarantam | divaṃ gacha prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ svargaṃ yāhi pathibhir devayānaiḥ ||5||
Foreknowing, let them first (pū́rva) receive the breath (prāṇá) coming to [them] forth from the limbs. Go to heaven; stand firm with thy bodies; go to paradise (svargá) by god-traveled roads.