प्राणापानौ मृत्योर् मा पातं स्वाहा ॥१॥
prāṇāpānau mṛtyor mā pātaṃ svāhā ||1||
O breath-and-expiration, protect me from death: hail (svā́hā)!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·2·2.16
Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 2.16
द्यावापृथिवी उपश्रुत्या मा पातं स्वाहा ॥२॥
dyāvāpṛthivī upaśrutyā mā pātaṃ svāhā ||2||
O heaven-and-earth, protect me by listening (úpaçruti): hail!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सूर्य चक्षुषा मा पाहि स्वाहा ॥३॥
sūrya cakṣuṣā mā pāhi svāhā ||3||
O sun, protect me by sight: hail!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्ने वैश्वानर विश्वैर् मा देवैः पाहि स्वाहा ॥४॥
agne vaiśvānara viśvair mā devaiḥ pāhi svāhā ||4||
O Agni Vāiçvānara, protect me with all the gods: hail!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विश्वम्भर विश्वेन मा भरसा पाहि स्वाहा ॥५॥
viśvambhara viśvena mā bharasā pāhi svāhā ||5||
O all-bearing one, protect me with all bearing (bháras): hail!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)