Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·1·1.1
ये त्रिषप्ताः परियन्ति विश्वा रूपाणि बिभ्रतः । वाचस् पतिर् बला तेषां तन्वो अद्य दधातु मे ॥१॥
ye triṣaptāḥ pariyanti viśvā rūpāṇi bibhrataḥ | vācas patir balā teṣāṃ tanvo adya dadhātu me ||1||
The thrice seven that go about, bearing all forms—let the lord of speech assign to me today their powers, [their] selves (tanū́).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पुनर् एहि वचस् पते देवेन मनसा सह । वसोष् पते नि रमय मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥२॥
punar ehi vacas pate devena manasā saha | vasoṣ pate ni ramaya mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ||2||
Come again, lord of speech, together with divine mind; lord of good, make [it] stay (ni-ram); in me, in myself be what is heard.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इहैवाभि वि तनूभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया । वाचस् पतिर् नि यछतु मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥३॥
ihaivābhi vi tanūbhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācas patir ni yachatu mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ||3||
Just here stretch thou on, as it were the two tips of the bow with the bow-string; let the lord of speech make fast (ni-yam); in me, in myself, be what is heard.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उपहूतो वाचस् पतिर् उपास्मान् वाचस्पतिर् ह्वयताम् । सं श्रुतेन गमेमहि मा श्रुतेन वि राधिषि ॥४॥
upahūto vācas patir upāsmān vācaspatir hvayatām | saṃ śrutena gamemahi mā śrutena vi rādhiṣi ||4||
Called on is the lord of speech; on us let the lord of speech call; may we be united with (sam-gam) what is heard; let me not be parted with what is heard.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)