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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 19.10

शं न इन्द्राग्नी भवताम् अवोभिः शं न इन्द्रावरुणा रातहव्या । शम् इन्द्रासोमा सुविताय शं योः शं न इन्द्रापूषणा वाजसातौ ॥१॥

śaṃ na indrāgnī bhavatām avobhiḥ śaṃ na indrāvaruṇā rātahavyā | śam indrāsomā suvitāya śaṃ yoḥ śaṃ na indrāpūṣaṇā vājasātau ||1||

Weal for us be Indra-and-Agni, with their aids; weal for us Indra-and-Varuṇa, on whom offerings are bestowed; weal Indra-and-Soma, for welfare, weal [and] profit (yós); weal for us Indra-and-Pūshan in booty-winning.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नो भगः शम् उ नः शंसो अस्तु शं नः पुरंधिः शम् उ सन्तु रायः । शं नः सत्यस्य सुयमस्य शंसः शं नो अर्यमा पुरुजातो अस्तु ॥२॥

śaṃ no bhagaḥ śam u naḥ śaṃso astu śaṃ naḥ puraṃdhiḥ śam u santu rāyaḥ | śaṃ naḥ satyasya suyamasya śaṃsaḥ śaṃ no aryamā purujāto astu ||2||

Weal for us be Bhaga, and weal for us Çaṅsa; weal for us Purandhi, and weal be wealths; weal for us the tribute (çáṅsa) of well-ordered (suyáma) truth; weal for us be the much-born Aryaman.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नो धाता शम् उ धर्ता नो अस्तु शं न उरूची भवतु स्वधाभिः । शं रोदसी बृहती शं नो अद्रिः शं नो देवानां सुहवानि सन्तु ॥३॥

śaṃ no dhātā śam u dhartā no astu śaṃ na urūcī bhavatu svadhābhiḥ | śaṃ rodasī bṛhatī śaṃ no adriḥ śaṃ no devānāṃ suhavāni santu ||3||

Weal for us be Dhātar, and weal for us Dhartar; weal for us be the wide-spreading one (urūcī́) with her powers (? svadhā́); weal the two great firmaments (ródasī), weal for us the rock (ádri); weal for us be the successful invocations of the gods.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नो अग्निर् ज्योतिरनीको अस्तु शं नो मित्रावरुणाव् अश्विना शम् । शं नः सुकृतां सुकृतानि सन्तु शं न इषिरो अभि वातु वातः ॥४॥

śaṃ no agnir jyotiranīko astu śaṃ no mitrāvaruṇāv aśvinā śam | śaṃ naḥ sukṛtāṃ sukṛtāni santu śaṃ na iṣiro abhi vātu vātaḥ ||4||

Weal for us be Agni with front of light, weal for us Mitra-and-Varuṇa, weal the two Açvins; weal for us be the things well done of the well-doers; weal let the lively (iṣirá) wind blow upon us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नो द्यावापृथिवी पूर्वहूतौ शम् अन्तरिक्षं दृशये नो अस्तु । शं न ओषधीर् वनिनो भवन्तु शं नो रजसस् पतिर् अस्तु जिष्णुः ॥५॥

śaṃ no dyāvāpṛthivī pūrvahūtau śam antarikṣaṃ dṛśaye no astu | śaṃ na oṣadhīr vanino bhavantu śaṃ no rajasas patir astu jiṣṇuḥ ||5||

Weal for us be heaven-and-earth in our early invocation; the atmosphere be weal for us to see; weal for us be the herbs, the trees (vanín), weal for us be the conquering lord of the welkin (rájas).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं न इन्द्रो वसुभिर् देवो अस्तु शम् आदित्येभिर् वरुणः सुशंसः । शं नो रुद्रो रुद्रेभिर् जलाषः शं नस् त्वष्टा ग्नाभिर् इह शृणोतु ॥६॥

śaṃ na indro vasubhir devo astu śam ādityebhir varuṇaḥ suśaṃsaḥ | śaṃ no rudro rudrebhir jalāṣaḥ śaṃ nas tvaṣṭā gnābhir iha śṛṇotu ||6||

Weal for us be god Indra with the Vasus; weal Varuṇa of excellent praise ⌊ su-çáṅsa ⌋ with the Ādityas; weal for us healing (jálāsa) Rudra with the Rudras; unto weal for us let Tvashṭar listen here with his spouses (gnā́).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नः सोमो भवतु ब्रह्म शं नः शं नो ग्रावाणः शम् उ सन्तु यज्ञाः । शं नः स्वरूनां मितयो भवन्तु शं नः प्रस्वः शम् व् अस्तु वेदिः ॥७॥

śaṃ naḥ somo bhavatu brahma śaṃ naḥ śaṃ no grāvāṇaḥ śam u santu yajñāḥ | śaṃ naḥ svarūnāṃ mitayo bhavantu śaṃ naḥ prasvaḥ śam v astu vediḥ ||7||

Weal for us be soma, weal for us the bráhman; weal for us the pressing-stones, and weal be the sacrifices; weal for us be the settings of the sacrificial posts; weal for us the sprouts (prasū́), and weal be the sacrificial hearth (védi).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नः सूर्य उरुचक्षा उद् एतु शं नो भवन्तु प्रदिशश् चतस्रः । शं नः पर्वता ध्रुवयो भवन्तु शं नः सिन्धवः शम् उ सन्त्व् आपः ॥८॥

śaṃ naḥ sūrya urucakṣā ud etu śaṃ no bhavantu pradiśaś catasraḥ | śaṃ naḥ parvatā dhruvayo bhavantu śaṃ naḥ sindhavaḥ śam u santv āpaḥ ||8||

With weal for us let the wide-looking sun arise; weal for us be the four directions; weal for us be the firm mountains; weal for us the rivers, and weal be the waters.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नो अदितिर् भवतु व्रतेभिः शं नो भवन्तु मरुतः स्वर्काः । शं नो विष्णुः शम् उ पूषा नो अस्तु शं नो भवित्रं शम् व् अस्तु वायुः ॥९॥

śaṃ no aditir bhavatu vratebhiḥ śaṃ no bhavantu marutaḥ svarkāḥ | śaṃ no viṣṇuḥ śam u pūṣā no astu śaṃ no bhavitraṃ śam v astu vāyuḥ ||9||

Weal for us be Aditi with her courses (vratá); weal for us be the tuneful (svarká) Maruts; weal for us Vishṇu, and weal be for us Pūshan; weal for us the place of being (? bhavítra), and weal be Vāyu.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नो देवः सविता त्रायमाणः शं नो भवन्तूषसो विभातीः । शं नः पर्जन्यो भवतु प्रजाभ्यः शं नः क्षेत्रस्य पतिर् अस्तु शंभुः ॥१०॥

śaṃ no devaḥ savitā trāyamāṇaḥ śaṃ no bhavantūṣaso vibhātīḥ | śaṃ naḥ parjanyo bhavatu prajābhyaḥ śaṃ naḥ kṣetrasya patir astu śaṃbhuḥ ||10||

Weal for us be the rescuing god Savitar; weal for us be the outshining dawns; weal for us be Parjanya for our progeny; weal for us be the wealful lord of the field (kṣétra).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)