Atharva Veda 2.34

ya īśe paśupatiḥ paśūnām catuṣpadām uta yo dvipadām niṣkrītaḥ sa yajñiyaṃ bhāgam etu rāyas poṣā yajamānaṃ sacantām

Accompanying the sacrifice of an animal

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.

pramuñcanto bhuvanasya reto gātuṃ dhatta yajamānāya devāḥ upākṛtaṃ śaśamānaṃ yad asthāt priyam devānām apy etu pāthaḥ

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.

ye badhyamānam anu dīdhyānā anvaikṣanta manasā cakṣuṣā ca agniṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devo viśvakarmā prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ

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

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.

prajānantaḥ prati gṛhṇantu pūrve prāṇam aṅgebhyaḥ pary ācarantam divaṃ gacha prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ svargaṃ yāhi pathibhir devayānaiḥ

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.