Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.24
येन देवं सवितारं परि देवा अधारयन् । तेनेमं ब्रह्मणस् पते परि राष्ट्राय धत्तन ॥१॥
yena devaṃ savitāraṃ pari devā adhārayan | tenemaṃ brahmaṇas pate pari rāṣṭrāya dhattana ||1||
With what [garment] the gods caused to wrap god Savitar, with that, O Brahmaṇaspati, do ye wrap this man in order to royalty.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परीमम् इन्द्रम् आयुषे महे क्षत्राय धत्तन । यथैनं जरसे नयाज् ज्योक् क्षत्रे ऽधि जागरत् ॥२॥
parīmam indram āyuṣe mahe kṣatrāya dhattana | yathainaṃ jarase nayāj jyok kṣatre 'dhi jāgarat ||2||
Wrap ye this man [as] Indra in order to life-time, to great dominion, that [it] may conduct him unto old age; may he long watch over dominion.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परीमम् इन्द्रम् आयुषे महे श्रोत्राय धत्तन । यथैनं जरसे नयाज् ज्योक् श्रोत्रे ऽधि जागरत् ॥३॥
parīmam indram āyuṣe mahe śrotrāya dhattana | yathainaṃ jarase nayāj jyok śrotre 'dhi jāgarat ||3||
Wrap ye this man [as] Soma in order to life-time, to great instruction (çrótra), that [it] may conduct him unto old age; may he long watch over instruction.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परि धत्त धत्त नो वर्चसेमं जरामृत्युं कृणुत दीर्घम् आयुः । बृहस्पतिः प्रायछद् वास एतत् सोमाय राज्ञे परिधातवा उ ॥४॥
pari dhatta dhatta no varcasemaṃ jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇuta dīrgham āyuḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ prāyachad vāsa etat somāya rājñe paridhātavā u ||4||
Wrap, set ye him for us with splendor; make him one to die of old age; [make] long life-time; Bṛihaspati furnished (pra-yam) this garment to king Soma for wrapping himself.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
जरां सु गछ परि धत्स्व वासो भवा गृष्टीनाम् अभिशस्तिपा उ । शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूची रायश् च पोषम् उपसंव्ययस्व ॥५॥
jarāṃ su gacha pari dhatsva vāso bhavā gṛṣṭīnām abhiśastipā u | śataṃ ca jīva śaradaḥ purūcī rāyaś ca poṣam upasaṃvyayasva ||5||
Go thou safely (sú) unto old age; wrap thyself in the garment; become thou protector of the people (?) against imprecation; and live thou a hundred numerous autumns; and wrap further about (upa-sam-vyā) thee abundance of wealth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परीदं वासो अधिथाः स्वस्तये ऽभूर् वापीनाम् अभिशस्तिपा उ । शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूचीर् वसूनि चारुर् वि भजासि जीवन् ॥६॥
parīdaṃ vāso adhithāḥ svastaye 'bhūr vāpīnām abhiśastipā u | śataṃ ca jīva śaradaḥ purūcīr vasūni cārur vi bhajāsi jīvan ||6||
Thou hast wrapped thyself in this garment in order to well-being; thou hast become protector of thine allies (?) against imprecation; and live thou a hundred numerous autumns; living, pleasant (cā́ru), thou shalt share out good things.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
योगेयोगे तवस्तरं वाजेवाजे हवामहे । सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये ॥७॥
yogeyoge tavastaraṃ vājevāje havāmahe | sakhāya indram ūtaye ||7||
We, companions, call to aid Indra the very mighty at every conjuncture, in every contest (? vā́ja).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हिरण्यवर्णो अजरः सुवीरो जरामृत्युः प्रजया सं विशस्व । तद् अग्निर् आह तद् उ सोम आह बृहस्पतिः सविता तद् इन्द्रः ॥८॥
hiraṇyavarṇo ajaraḥ suvīro jarāmṛtyuḥ prajayā saṃ viśasva | tad agnir āha tad u soma āha bṛhaspatiḥ savitā tad indraḥ ||8||
Of golden color, unaging, of excellent heroes, having old age as death, do thou enter into union (sam-viç) with progeny: this Agni says, and this Soma says, this Bṛihaspati, Savitar, Indra.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)