Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.84
यस्यास् त आसनि घोरे जुहोम्य् एषां बद्धानाम् अवसर्जनाय कम् । भूमिर् इति त्वाभिप्रमन्वते जना निरृतिर् इति त्वाहं परि वेद सर्वतः ॥१॥
yasyās ta āsani ghore juhomy eṣāṃ baddhānām avasarjanāya kam | bhūmir iti tvābhipramanvate janā nirṛtir iti tvāhaṃ pari veda sarvataḥ ||1||
Thou in whose terrible mouth I make oblation, in order to the release of these bound ones; people think of thee as "earth"; I know thee completely as "perdition" (nírṛti).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भूते हविष्मती भवैष ते भागो यो अस्मासु । मुञ्चेमान् अमून् एनसः स्वाहा ॥२॥
bhūte haviṣmatī bhavaiṣa te bhāgo yo asmāsu | muñcemān amūn enasaḥ svāhā ||2||
O earth (?), be thou rich in oblations; this is thy share which is in us; free these [and] those from sin: hail!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एवो ष्व् अस्मन् निरृते ऽनेहा त्वम् अयस्मयान् वि चृता बन्धपाशान् । यमो मह्यं पुनर् इत् त्वां ददाति तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे ॥३॥
evo ṣv asman nirṛte 'nehā tvam ayasmayān vi cṛtā bandhapāśān | yamo mahyaṃ punar it tvāṃ dadāti tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave ||3||
So, O perdition, do thou, free from envy, kindly unfasten from us the bond-fetters of iron. Yama verily giveth thee back to me; to that Yama, to death, be homage.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अयस्मये द्रुपदे बेधिष इहाभिहितो मृत्युभिर् ये सहस्रम् । यमेन त्वं पितृभिः संविदान उत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥४॥
ayasmaye drupade bedhiṣa ihābhihito mṛtyubhir ye sahasram | yamena tvaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidāna uttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ||4||
Thou wast bound here to an iron post, bridled with deaths that are a thousand; do thou, in concord with Yama, with the Fathers, make this man ascend to the highest firmament.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)