Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·1·1.33

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 1.33

हिरण्यवर्णाः शुचयः पावका यासु जातः सविता यास्व् अग्निः । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥१॥

hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā yāsu jātaḥ savitā yāsv agniḥ | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||1||

Of golden color, clean (çúci), purifying, in whom [was] born Savitar, in whom Agni; who, of beauteous color, assumed Agni as embryo—let those waters be weal, pleasant to us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यन् जनानाम् । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥२॥

yāsāṃ rājā varuṇo yāti madhye satyānṛte avapaśyan janānām | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||2||

In the midst of whom goes king Varuṇa, looking down at the truth-and-falsehood of men; who, of beauteous color, etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यासां देवा दिवि कृण्वन्ति भक्षं या अन्तरिक्षे बहुधा भवन्ति । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥३॥

yāsāṃ devā divi kṛṇvanti bhakṣaṃ yā antarikṣe bahudhā bhavanti | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||3||

They of whom the gods in heaven make [their] draught (bhakṣá); they that come to be abundantly in the atmosphere; who, of beauteous color, etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे । घृतश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥४॥

śivena mā cakṣuṣā paśyatāpaḥ śivayā tanvopa spṛśata tvacaṃ me | ghṛtaścutaḥ śucayo yāḥ pāvakās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||4||

With propitious eye behold me, O waters; with propitious body touch my skin; they that are ghee-dripping, clean, purifying—let those waters be weal, pleasant to us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)