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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 2.28

AVŚ 2.28.1

तुभ्यम् एव जरिमन् वर्धताम् अयम् मेमम् अन्ये मृत्यवो हिंसिषुः शतं ये । मातेव पुत्रं प्रमना उपस्थे मित्र एनं मित्रियात् पात्व् अंहसः ॥१॥

tubhyam eva jariman vardhatām ayam memam anye mṛtyavo hiṃsiṣuḥ śataṃ ye | māteva putraṃ pramanā upasthe mitra enaṃ mitriyāt pātv aṃhasaḥ ||1||

For just thee, O old age, let this one grow; let not the other deaths, that are a hundred, harm him; as a forethoughtful mother in her lap a son, let Mitra protect him from distress that comes from a friend (mitríya).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

AVŚ 2.28.2

मित्र एनं वरुणो वा रिशादा जरामृत्युं कृणुतां संविदानौ । तद् अग्निर् होता वयुनानि विद्वान् विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति ॥२॥

mitra enaṃ varuṇo vā riśādā jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇutāṃ saṃvidānau | tad agnir hotā vayunāni vidvān viśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti ||2||

Let Mitra or helpful (? riçā́dās) Varuṇa in concord make him one that dies of old age; so Agni the offerer (hótar), knowing the ways (vayúna), bespeaks all the births of the gods.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

AVŚ 2.28.3

त्वम् ईशिषे पशूनाम् पार्थिवानां ये जाता उत वा ये जनित्राः । मेमं प्राणो हासीन् मो अपानो मेमं मित्रा वधिषुर् मो अमित्राः ॥३॥

tvam īśiṣe paśūnām pārthivānāṃ ye jātā uta vā ye janitrāḥ | memaṃ prāṇo hāsīn mo apāno memaṃ mitrā vadhiṣur mo amitrāḥ ||3||

Thou art master (īç) of earthly cattle, that are born, or also that are to be born; let not breath leave this one, nor expiration; let not friends slay (vadh) this one, nor enemies.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

AVŚ 2.28.4

द्यौष् ट्वा पिता पृथिवी माता जरामृत्युं कृणुतां संविदाने । यथा जीवा अदितेर् उपस्थे प्राणापानाभ्यां गुपितः शतं हिमाः ॥४॥

dyauṣ ṭvā pitā pṛthivī mātā jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇutāṃ saṃvidāne | yathā jīvā aditer upasthe prāṇāpānābhyāṃ gupitaḥ śataṃ himāḥ ||4||

Let father heaven, let mother earth, in concord, make thee one that dies of old age; that thou mayest live in the lap of Aditi, guarded by breath and expiration, a hundred winters.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

AVŚ 2.28.5

इमम् अग्ने आयुषे वर्चसे नय प्रियं रेतो वरुण मित्र राजन् । मातेवास्मा अदिते शर्म यछ विश्वे देवा जरदष्टिर् यथासत् ॥५॥

imam agne āyuṣe varcase naya priyaṃ reto varuṇa mitra rājan | mātevāsmā adite śarma yacha viśve devā jaradaṣṭir yathāsat ||5||

This one, O Agni, do thou lead for life-time, for splendor, to dear seed, O Varuṇa, Mitra, king! like a mother, O Aditi, yield (yam) him refuge; O all ye gods, that he be one reaching old age.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)