Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.27

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.27

AVŚ 6.27.1

देवाः कपोत इषितो यद् इछन् दूतो निरृत्या इदम् आजगाम । तस्मा अर्चाम कृणवाम निष्कृतिं शं नो अस्तु द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे ॥१॥

devāḥ kapota iṣito yad ichan dūto nirṛtyā idam ājagāma | tasmā arcāma kṛṇavāma niṣkṛtiṃ śaṃ no astu dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade ||1||

Gods, whatsoe'er the Dove came hither seeking, sent to us as the envoy of Destruction, For that let us sing hymns and make atonement. Well be it with our quadrupeds and bipeds.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.165.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 6.27.2

शिवः कपोत इषितो नो अस्त्व् अनागा देवाः शकुनो गृहं नः । अग्निर् हि विप्रो जुषताम् हविर् नः परि हेतिः पक्षिणी नो वृणक्तु ॥२॥

śivaḥ kapota iṣito no astv anāgā devāḥ śakuno gṛhaṃ naḥ | agnir hi vipro juṣatām havir naḥ pari hetiḥ pakṣiṇī no vṛṇaktu ||2||

Auspicious be the Dove that hath been sent us, a harmless bird, ye Gods, within our dwelling. May Agni, Sage, be pleased with our oblation, and may the Missile borne on wings avoid us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.165.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 6.27.3

हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्य् अस्मान् आष्ट्री पदं कृणुते अग्निधाने । शिवो गोभ्य उत पुरुषेभ्यो नो अस्तु मा नो देवा इह हिंसीत् कपोत ॥३॥

hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhāty asmān āṣṭrī padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne | śivo gobhya uta puruṣebhyo no astu mā no devā iha hiṃsīt kapota ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.