Atharva Veda 6.84: A charm to accompany the symbolical loosing of sacrificial victims

Thou in whose dread mouth I present oblation, that these bound victims may obtain their freedom, The people deem that thou art Earth: I know thee thoroughly, and I say thou art Destruction.

Be thou enriched, O Welfare, with oblations, here among us is thine allotted portion.
Free—Hail to thee!—from sin those here and yonder.

Do thou, Destruction, thus, without a rival, release us from the iron bonds that hind us.
To me doth Yama verily restore thee. To him, to Yama, yea, to Death be worship!

Thou hast been fastened to an iron pillar, here compassed with a thousand deaths around thee.
In full accord with Yama and the Fathers, send this man up-ward to the loftiest heaven.