Atharvaveda 9.5

Conduct him hither; take hold; let him go, foreknowing, unto the world of the well-doing; crossing the great darknesses variously, let the goat step unto the third firmament (nā́ka).

I lead thee about as portion for Indra, as patron (sūrí) for the sacrificer at this sacrifice; whoever hate us, them take hold after; innocent (ánāgas) [are] the sacrificer's heroes.

Away from his foot wash thou down the evil walk that he walked (car); with cleansed hoofs let him step on, foreknowing; crossing the darknesses, variously looking abroad let the goat step unto the third firmament.

Cut along this skin with the dark [metal], O slaughterer, joint by joint with the knife (así); do not plot against [him]; do not be hostile to [him]; prepare him joint-wise; set him up apart in the third firmament.

With a verse I set the kettle upon the fire; pour thou on the water; set him down; set [him] about with fire, ye quellers; when cooked, let him go where is the world of the well-doing.

Step up from here, if thou hast been completely heated, from the heated pot on to the third firmament; thou, a fire, hast come into being out of fire; conquer [thy way] unto that world of light.

The goat [is] Agni, and they call the goat light; they say that the goat is to be given by one living to a priest (brahmán); the goat, given in this world by one having faith, smites far away the darknesses.

Having five rice-dishes, let him step out five-fold, about to step unto the three lights; go thou forth to the midst of the well-doing that have made offerings; spread out (vi-çri) upon the third firmament.

Ascend, O goat, to where is the world of the well-doing; like an expelled çarabhá mayest thou move (eṣ) across difficult places; given, with five rice-dishes, to a priest (brahmán), he shall rejoice the giver with rejoicing.

The goat sets him that has given it on the three-firmamented, three-heavened, three-backed back of the firmament; being given with five rice-dishes to a priest, thou art a single milch-cow, all-formed, wish-yielding.

This third light of yours, O Fathers, the goat with five rice-dishes one gives to a priest; the goat, given in this world by one having faith, smites far away the darknesses.

Desiring to obtain the world of the well-doing that have made offerings, one gives to a priest a goat with five rice-dishes; do thou conquer complete attainment (vyā̀pti) unto that world; be he, accepted, propitious to us.

The goat verily was born from the heat of the fire, wise, of the wise (vípra), of power, he the inspired one; what is offered, is bestowed, is conferred (abhípūrta), accompanied with váṣaṭ—that let the gods prepare in due season (rtuçás).

A home-woven garment he may give, also gold as sacrificial gift; so he fully obtains the worlds that are heavenly and that are earthly.

Unto thee, O goat, let these streams of soma (somyá) go, divine, ghee-backed, honey-dripping; establish thou earth and sky, upon the seven-rayed back of the firmament.

A goat art thou; O goat, heaven-going (svar-gá) art thou; by thee the An̄girases foreknew [their] world; that pure (púṇya) world would I fain foreknow.

Wherewith thou carriest a thousand; wherewith, O Agni, [the offering of] one's whole possession—therewith carry thou this our offering to go to heaven (svàr) among the gods.

The cooked goat, having five rice-dishes, driving off perdition, sets [one] in the heavenly (svargá) world; with it may we conquer worlds that possess suns.

[The goat] which one deposited with the Brahman, and which among the people (vikṣú); what scattered drops (viprúṣ) [there are] of the rice-dishes, of the goat—all that of ours, O Agni, do thou later know in the world of the well-done, at the meeting of the ways.

The goat verily strode out here (idám) in the beginning; this [earth] became its breast, the sky its back, the atmosphere its middle, the quarters its (two) sides, the (two) oceans its paunches;

Both truth and right its eyes, all truth [and] faith its breath, the virā́j its head; this verily is an unlimited offering, namely (yát) the goat with five rice-dishes.

An unlimited offering does he obtain, an unlimited world does he take possession of (ava-rudh), who gives a goat with five rice-dishes, with the light of sacrificial gifts.

He should not split its bones; he should not suck out its marrow; taking it all together, he should cause it to enter here and here.

This and this verily becomes its form; therewith one makes it come together; food, greatness, refreshment it yields (duh) to him who gives a goat with five rice-dishes, with the light of sacrificial gifts.

Five gold ornaments (rukmá), five new garments, five milch-cows milking his desire come to be his who gives a goat with etc. etc.

Five gold ornaments become light for him; his garments become a defense for his body, he attains the heavenly (svargá) world, who gives a goat with etc. etc.

Whoever (fem.) having gained a former husband, then gains another later one—if (ca) they (dual) shall give a goat with five rice-dishes, they shall not be separated.

Her later husband comes to have the same world with his remarried spouse who (masc.) gives a goat with five rice-dishes, with the light of sacrificial gifts.

A milch-cow having one calf after another, a draft-ox, a pillow, a garment, gold, having given, those go to the highest heaven (dív).

Self, father, son, grandson, grandfather, wife, generatrix, mother, those who are dear—them I call upon.

Whoever knows the season "torrid" (nāídāgha) by name—that verily is the season "torrid" by name, namely (yát) the goat with five rice-dishes; he indeed burns out the fortune of his unfriendly foe (bhrā́tṛvya), he thrives (bhū) by himself, who gives a goat with five rice-dishes, with the light of sacrificial gifts.

Whoever knows the season "making" by name, each making fortune of his unfriendly foe he takes to himself; that verily is the season "making" by name, namely the goat with five rice-dishes; he indeed etc. etc.

Whoever knows the season "gathering" by name, each gathering fortune of his unfriendly foe he takes to himself; that verily is the season "gathering" by name, namely the goat etc. etc.

Whoever knows the season "fattening" by name, each fattening fortune of his unfriendly foe he takes to himself; that verily is the season "fattening" by name, namely the goat etc. etc.

Whoever knows the season "up-going" by name, each up-going fortune of his unfriendly foe he takes to himself; that verily is the season "up-going" by name, namely the goat etc. etc.

Whoever knows the season "overcoming" (abhibhū́) by name, each overcoming fortune of his unfriendly foe he takes to himself; that verily is the season "overcoming" by name, namely the goat etc. etc.

Cook ye the goat and the five rice-dishes; let all the quarters, like-minded, united (sadhryàñc), with the intermediate directions, accept that of thee.

Let them defend this of thine for thee; to them I offer (hu) sacrificial butter, this oblation.