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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 1.26

आरे ऽसाव् अस्मद् अस्तु हेतिर् देवासो असत् । आरे अश्मा यम् अस्यथ ॥१॥

āre 'sāv asmad astu hetir devāso asat | āre aśmā yam asyatha ||1||

Far be that from us—may [your] missile (hetí) be, O gods; far the bolt (áçman) which ye hurl.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सखासाव् अस्मभ्यम् अस्तु रातिः सखेन्द्रो भगः । सविता चित्रराधाः ॥२॥

sakhāsāv asmabhyam astu rātiḥ sakhendro bhagaḥ | savitā citrarādhāḥ ||2||

Be yon Rāti ('liberality') a companion (sákhi) for us; a companion [be] Indra, Bhaga, Savitar of wondrous favors.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यूयम् नः प्रवतो नपान् मरुतः सूर्यत्वचसः । शर्म यछथ सप्रथाः ॥३॥

yūyam naḥ pravato napān marutaḥ sūryatvacasaḥ | śarma yachatha saprathāḥ ||3||

May ye, issue (nápāt) of the height, sun-skinned Maruts, yield us breadthful protection.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सुषूदत मृडत मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो । मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि ॥४॥

suṣūdata mṛḍata mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo | mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ||4||

Do ye advance [us], be gracious; be thou gracious to our selves (tanū́), show kindness (máyas) to our offspring (toká).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)