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    Stanza 10.165.1

    देवाः॑ क॒पोत॑ इषि॒तो यदि॒च्छन्दू॒तो निर्ऋ॑त्या इ॒दमा॑ज॒गाम॑ | तस्मा॑ अर्चाम कृ॒णवा॑म॒ निष्कृ॑तिं॒ शं नो॑ अस्तु द्वि॒पदे॒ शं चतु॑ष्पदे ||

    dévāḥ kapóta iṣitó yád ichán dūtó nírr̥tyā idám ājagā́ma tásmā arcāma kr̥ṇávāma níṣkr̥tiṁ śáṁ no astu dvipáde śáṁ cátuṣpade

    O Gods, whatever this sent dove sought, when it came as a messenger of misfortune, for that we offer praise and make atonement. May it be well for our two-legged beings and well for our four-legged beings.

    Stanza 10.165.2

    शि॒वः क॒पोत॑ इषि॒तो नो॑ अस्त्वना॒गा दे॑वाः शकु॒नो गृ॒हेषु॑ | अ॒ग्निर्हि विप्रो॑ जु॒षतां॑ ह॒विर्नः॒ परि॑ हे॒तिः प॒क्षिणी॑ नो वृणक्तु ||

    śiváḥ kapóta iṣitó no astv anāgā́ devāḥ śakunó gr̥héṣu agnír hí vípro juṣátāṁ havír naḥ pári hetíḥ pakṣíṇī no vr̥ṇaktu

    May the auspicious dove, sent by the Gods, be a harmless bird for us in our homes. May Agni, the wise, be pleased with our offering, and may the winged destructive force (or creature) avoid us.

    Stanza 10.165.3

    हे॒तिः प॒क्षिणी॒ न द॑भात्य॒स्माना॒ष्ट्र्यां प॒दं कृ॑णुते अग्नि॒धाने॑ | शं नो॒ गोभ्य॑श्च॒ पुरु॑षेभ्यश्चास्तु॒ मा नो॑ हिंसीदि॒ह दे॑वाः क॒पोतः॑ ||

    hetíḥ pakṣíṇī ná dabhāty asmā́n āṣṭryā́m padáṁ kr̥ṇute agnidhā́ne śáṁ no góbhyaś ca púruṣebhyaś cāstu mā́ no hiṁsīd ihá devāḥ kapótaḥ

    Let the winged destructive force not deceive us; may it settle its place near the fire-altar. May it bring welfare to our cattle and to our people. O Gods, may the dove not harm us here.

    Stanza 10.165.4

    यदुलू॑को॒ वद॑ति मो॒घमे॒तद्यत्क॒पोतः॑ प॒दम॒ग्नौ कृ॒णोति॑ | यस्य॑ दू॒तः प्रहि॑त ए॒ष ए॒तत्तस्मै॑ य॒माय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु मृ॒त्यवे॑ ||

    yád úlūko vádati moghám etád yát kapótaḥ padám agnaú kr̥ṇóti yásya dūtáḥ práhita eṣá etát tásmai yamā́ya námo astu mr̥tyáve

    The hooting of the owl is in vain; it is meaningless. The fact that the dove makes its place by the fire is also so. To him, who is Yama, who sent this as an envoy, to that Death, let there be reverence.

    Stanza 10.165.5

    ऋ॒चा क॒पोतं॑ नुदत प्र॒णोद॒मिषं॒ मद॑न्तः॒ परि॒ गां न॑यध्वम् | सं॒यो॒पय॑न्तो दुरि॒तानि॒ विश्वा॑ हि॒त्वा न॒ ऊर्जं॒ प्र प॑ता॒त्पति॑ष्ठः ||

    r̥cā́ kapótaṁ nudata praṇódam íṣam mádantaḥ pári gā́ṁ nayadhvam saṁyopáyanto duritā́ni víśvā hitvā́ na ū́rjam prá patāt pátiṣṭhaḥ

    Drive forth the dove with hymns; rejoicing, bring food and cattle here. Barring all evils, may the swift bird, after leaving us, fly forth and grant us vigour.

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