DEITIES, whatever dove came seeking us, sent by you as the messenger of destruction, For this let us sing hymns and make atonement. May it be well with our quadrupeds and bipeds.
May the auspicious dove that has been sent to us, a harmless bird, O DEITIES, within our home. May Agni, Sage, be pleased with our offering, and may the missile-bearing dove avoid us.
Let not the arrow-winged dove distract us: beside the fireplace, on the hearth it settles. May it bring welfare to our men and cattle: here let the dove, O DEITIES, refrain from harming us.
The screeching of the owl is ineffective, and when the dove has settled beside the fire, To him who sent it hither as a messenger, to him be reverence, to Death, to Yama.
Drive forth the dove, chase it with holy verses: rejoicing, bring ye hither food and cattle, Barred against all grief and trouble. Let the swift bird fly forth and leave us strength.