Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·3·3.13
यद् अदः संप्रयतीर् अहाव् अनदता हते । तस्माद् आ नद्यो नाम स्थ ता वो नामानि सिन्धवः ॥१॥
yad adaḥ saṃprayatīr ahāv anadatā hate | tasmād ā nadyo nāma stha tā vo nāmāni sindhavaḥ ||1||
Since formerly (? adás), going forth together, ye resounded (nad) when the dragon was slain, thenceforth ye are streams (nadī́) by name: these are your names, O rivers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत् प्रेषिता वरुणेनाच् छीभम् समवल्गत । तद् आप्नोद् इन्द्रो वो यतीस् तस्माद् आपो अनु ष्ठन ॥२॥
yat preṣitā varuṇenāc chībham samavalgata | tad āpnod indro vo yatīs tasmād āpo anu ṣṭhana ||2||
When, sent forth by Varuna, ye thereupon (ā́t) quickly skipped (valg) together, then Indra obtained (āp) you as ye went; therefore are ye waters (ā́p) afterward.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपकामं स्यन्दमाना अवीवरत वो हि कम् । इन्द्रो वः शक्तिभिर् देवीस् तस्माद् वार् नाम वो हितम् ॥३॥
apakāmaṃ syandamānā avīvarata vo hi kam | indro vaḥ śaktibhir devīs tasmād vār nāma vo hitam ||3||
As ye were flowing perversely (apakāmám), since Indra verily hindered (var) you by his powers, you, ye divine ones, therefore the name water (vā́r) is assigned you.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एकः वो देवो ऽप्य् अतिष्ठत् स्यन्दमाना यथावशम् । उद् आनिषुर् महीर् इति तस्माद् उदकम् उच्यते ॥४॥
ekaḥ vo devo 'py atiṣṭhat syandamānā yathāvaśam | ud āniṣur mahīr iti tasmād udakam ucyate ||4||
The one god stood up to you, flowing at [your] will; "the great ones have breathed up (ud-an)," said he; therefore water (udaká) is [so] called.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आपो भद्रा घृतम् इद् आप आसन्न् अग्नीषोमौ बिभ्रत्य् आप इत् ताः । तीव्रो रसो मधुपृचाम् अरंगम आ मा प्राणेन सह वर्चसा गमेत् ॥५॥
āpo bhadrā ghṛtam id āpa āsann agnīṣomau bibhraty āpa it tāḥ | tīvro raso madhupṛcām araṃgama ā mā prāṇena saha varcasā gamet ||5||
The waters [are] excellent; the waters verily were ghee; these waters verily bear Agni-and-Soma; may the strong (tīvrá) satisfying savor (rása) of the honey-mixed (-pṛc) come to me along with breath, with splendor.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आद् इत् पश्याम्य् उत वा शृणोम्य् आ मा घोषो गछति वाङ् मासाम् । मन्ये भेजानो अमृतस्य तर्हि हिरण्यवर्णा अतृपं यदा वः ॥६॥
ād it paśyāmy uta vā śṛṇomy ā mā ghoṣo gachati vāṅ māsām | manye bhejāno amṛtasya tarhi hiraṇyavarṇā atṛpaṃ yadā vaḥ ||6||
Then indeed I see, or also hear; unto me comes the noise, to me the voice of them; I think myself then to have partaken ambrosia (amṛ́ta) when, ye gold-colored ones, I have enjoyed (tṛp) you.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इदं व आपो हृदयम् अयं वत्स ऋतावरीः । इहेत्थम् एत शक्वरीर् यत्रेदं वेशयामि वः ॥७॥
idaṃ va āpo hṛdayam ayaṃ vatsa ṛtāvarīḥ | ihettham eta śakvarīr yatredaṃ veśayāmi vaḥ ||7||
This, O waters, [is] your heart, this your young (vatsá), ye righteous ones; come thus hither, ye mighty ones, where I now make you enter.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)