Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.9
शान्ता द्यौः शान्ता पृथिवी शान्तम् इदम् उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । शान्ता उदन्वतीर् आपः शान्ता नः सन्त्व् ओषधीः ॥१॥
śāntā dyauḥ śāntā pṛthivī śāntam idam urv antarikṣam | śāntā udanvatīr āpaḥ śāntā naḥ santv oṣadhīḥ ||1||
Appeased (çāntá) be heaven (dyú), appeased be earth, appeased be this wide atmosphere, appeased the waters rich in moisture (udanvánt), appeased be the herbs for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शान्तानि पूर्वरूपाणि शान्तं नो अस्तु कृताकृतम् । शान्तं भूतं च भव्यं च सर्वम् एव शम् अस्तु नः ॥२॥
śāntāni pūrvarūpāṇi śāntaṃ no astu kṛtākṛtam | śāntaṃ bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca sarvam eva śam astu naḥ ||2||
Appeased be the foretokens, appeased for us be the-done-and-undone, appeased both what is and what is to be: be just everything weal for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इयं या परमेष्ठिनी वाग् देवी ब्रह्मसंशिता । ययैव ससृजे घोरं तयैव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः ॥३॥
iyaṃ yā parameṣṭhinī vāg devī brahmasaṃśitā | yayaiva sasṛje ghoraṃ tayaiva śāntir astu naḥ ||3||
This speech that is most exalted, divine, sharpened by bráhman, by which is produced (sṛj) what is terrible—by that be there appeasement for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इदं यत् परमेष्ठिनं मनो वां ब्रह्मसंशितम् । येनैव ससृजे घोरं तेनैव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः ॥४॥
idaṃ yat parameṣṭhinaṃ mano vāṃ brahmasaṃśitam | yenaiva sasṛje ghoraṃ tenaiva śāntir astu naḥ ||4||
Or (?) this mind that is most exalted, sharpened by bráhman, by which is produced what is terrible—by that be there appeasement for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इमानि यानि पञ्चेन्द्रियानि मनःषष्ठानि मे हृदि ब्रह्मणा संशितानि । यैर् एव ससृजे घोरं तैर् एव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः ॥५॥
imāni yāni pañcendriyāni manaḥṣaṣṭhāni me hṛdi brahmaṇā saṃśitāni | yair eva sasṛje ghoraṃ tair eva śāntir astu naḥ ||5||
These five senses, with mind as sixth, that are in my heart, sharpened by bráhman, by which is produced what is terrible—by them be there appeasement for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः शं विष्णुः शं प्रजापतिः । शं न इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः शं नो भवत्व् अर्यमा ॥६॥
śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ śaṃ viṣṇuḥ śaṃ prajāpatiḥ | śaṃ na indro bṛhaspatiḥ śaṃ no bhavatv aryamā ||6||
Weal for us be Mitra, weal Varuṇa, weal Vishṇu, weal Prajāpati, weal for us Indra, Bṛihaspati, weal for us be Aryaman.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः शं विवस्वां छम् अन्तकः । उत्पाताः पार्थिवान्तरिक्षाः शं नो दिविचरा ग्रहाः ॥७॥
śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ śaṃ vivasvāṃ cham antakaḥ | utpātāḥ pārthivāntarikṣāḥ śaṃ no divicarā grahāḥ ||7||
Weal for us be Mitra, weal Varuṇa, weal Vivasvant, weal the destroyer (ántaka), [weal] the portents from earth and from atmosphere, weal for us the planets (?) moving in the sky.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शं नो भूमिर् वेप्यमाना शम् उल्का निर्हतं च यत् । शं गावो लोहितक्षीराः शं भूमिर् अव तीर्यतीः ॥८॥
śaṃ no bhūmir vepyamānā śam ulkā nirhataṃ ca yat | śaṃ gāvo lohitakṣīrāḥ śaṃ bhūmir ava tīryatīḥ ||8||
Weal for us be the quaking (vip) earth, and weal what is meteor-smitten; weal be the red-milked kine, weal the earth when cleaving down.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नक्षत्रम् उल्काभिहतं शम् अस्तु नः शं नो ऽभिचाराः शम् उ सन्तु कृत्याः । शं नो निखाता वल्गाः शम् उल्का देशोपसर्गाः शम् उ नो भवन्तु ॥९॥
nakṣatram ulkābhihataṃ śam astu naḥ śaṃ no 'bhicārāḥ śam u santu kṛtyāḥ | śaṃ no nikhātā valgāḥ śam ulkā deśopasargāḥ śam u no bhavantu ||9||
Be the meteor-smitten asterism weal for us; weal for us the enchantments and weal be the witchcrafts; weal for us the buried spells (valagá), weal the meteors; and weal be for us the land-plagues.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शं नो ग्रहाश् चान्द्रमसाः शम् आदित्यश् च राहुणा । शं नो मृत्युर् धूमकेतुः शं रुद्रास् तिग्मतेजसः ॥१०॥
śaṃ no grahāś cāndramasāḥ śam ādityaś ca rāhuṇā | śaṃ no mṛtyur dhūmaketuḥ śaṃ rudrās tigmatejasaḥ ||10||
Weal for us be the planets belonging to the moon, and weal the sun (ādityá) with Rāhu; weal for us smoke-bannered death, weal the Rudras of keen brightness.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शं रुद्राः शं वसवः शम् आदित्याः शम् अग्नयः । शं नो महर्षयो देवाः शं देवाः शं बृहस्पतिः ॥११॥
śaṃ rudrāḥ śaṃ vasavaḥ śam ādityāḥ śam agnayaḥ | śaṃ no maharṣayo devāḥ śaṃ devāḥ śaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ ||11||
Weal [for us be] the Rudras, weal the Vasus, weal the Ādityas, weal the fires; weal for us the divine great seers, weal the gods, weal Bṛihaspati.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ब्रह्म प्रजापतिर् धाता लोका वेदाः सप्तऋषयो ऽग्नयः । तैर् मे कृतं स्वस्त्ययनम् इन्द्रो मे शर्म यछतु ब्रह्मा मे शर्म यछतु । विश्वे मे देवाः शर्म यछन्तु सर्वे मे देवाः शर्म यछन्तु ॥१२॥
brahma prajāpatir dhātā lokā vedāḥ saptaṛṣayo 'gnayaḥ | tair me kṛtaṃ svastyayanam indro me śarma yachatu brahmā me śarma yachatu | viśve me devāḥ śarma yachantu sarve me devāḥ śarma yachantu ||12||
The bráhman, Prajāpati, Dhātar, the worlds, the Vedas, the seven seers, the fires—by them happy progress (svastyáyana) is made for me: let Indra grant (yam) me refuge; let Brahmán grant me refuge; let all the gods grant me refuge; let the gods all grant me refuge.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यानि कानि चिच् छान्तानि लोके सप्तऋषयो विदुः । सर्वाणि शं भवन्तु मे शं मे अस्त्व् अभयं मे अस्तु ॥१३॥
yāni kāni cic chāntāni loke saptaṛṣayo viduḥ | sarvāṇi śaṃ bhavantu me śaṃ me astv abhayaṃ me astu ||13||
Whatsoever things that are appeased in the world the seven seers know, be they all weal for me; let weal be mine, let fearlessness be mine.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पृथिवी शान्तिर् अन्तरिक्षं शान्तिर् द्यौः शान्तिर् आपः शान्तिर् ओषधयः शान्तिर् वनस्पतयः शान्तिर् विश्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः सर्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिभिः । यद् इह घोरं यद् इह क्रूरं यद् इह पापं तच् छान्तं तच् छिवं सर्वम् एव शम् अस्तु नः ॥१४॥
pṛthivī śāntir antarikṣaṃ śāntir dyauḥ śāntir āpaḥ śāntir oṣadhayaḥ śāntir vanaspatayaḥ śāntir viśve me devāḥ śāntiḥ sarve me devāḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntibhiḥ | yad iha ghoraṃ yad iha krūraṃ yad iha pāpaṃ tac chāntaṃ tac chivaṃ sarvam eva śam astu naḥ ||14||
[Be] earth appeasement, atmosphere appeasement, sky appeasement, waters appeasement, herbs appeasement, forest trees appeasement; [be] all the gods appeasement for me, the gods all appeasement for me, appeasement with appeasements; by those appeasements all-appeasing do I appease what here is terrible, what here is cruel, what here is evil; [be] that appeased, [be] that propitious; be just everything weal for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)