Atharva Veda
Mystic: on the offering or sacrifice
yajñena yajñam ayajanta devās tāni dharmāṇi prathamāny āsan te ha nākaṃ mahimānaḥ sacanta yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ
Mystic: on the offering or sacrifice
By the sacrifice the gods sacrificed to the sacrifice; those were the first ordinances (dhárman); those greatnesses attach themselves to (sac) the firmament, where are the ancient (pū́rva) perfectible (sādhyá) gods.
yajño babhūva sa ā babhūva sa pra jajñe sa u vāvṛdhe punaḥ sa devānām adhipatir babhūva so asmāsu draviṇam ā dadhātu
The sacrifice came to be; it came to be here; it was propagated; it increased again; it became over-lord of the gods; let it assign wealth to us.
yad devā devān haviṣā 'yajantāmartyān manasā martyena madema tatra parame vyoman paśyema tad uditau sūryasya
As the gods sacrificed to the gods with oblation, to immortals, with immortal mind—may we revel there in the highest firmament; may we see that at the rising of the sun.
yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā yajñaṃ devā atanvata asti nu tasmād ojīyo yad vihavyenejire
When, with man (púruṣa) for oblation, the gods extended the sacrifice—even than that is it of more force that they sacrificed with the vihávya.
mugdhā devā uta śunā 'yajantota gor aṅgaiḥ purudhā 'yajanta ya imaṃ yajñaṃ manasā ciketa pra ṇo vocas tam iheha bravaḥ
The gods, confounded, both sacrificed with a dog and sacrificed variously with limbs of a cow; he who knoweth with the mind this sacrifice—him mayest thou proclaim to us here, here mayest thou speak.