Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.10
वाताज् जातो अन्तरिक्षाद् विद्युतो ज्योतिषस् परि । स नो हिरण्यजाः शङ्खः कृशनः पात्व् अंहसः ॥१॥
vātāj jāto antarikṣād vidyuto jyotiṣas pari | sa no hiraṇyajāḥ śaṅkhaḥ kṛśanaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ ||1||
Born from the wind out of the atmosphere, out from the light of lightning, let this gold-born shell, of pearl, protect us from distress.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो अग्रतो रोचनानां समुद्राद् अधि जज्ञिषे । शङ्खेन हत्वा रक्षांस्य् अत्त्रिणो वि षहामहे ॥२॥
yo agrato rocanānāṃ samudrād adhi jajñiṣe | śaṅkhena hatvā rakṣāṃsy attriṇo vi ṣahāmahe ||2||
Thou that wast born from the top of the shining spaces (rocaná), out of the ocean—by the shell having slain the demons, we overpower the devourers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शङ्खेनामीवाम् अमतिं शङ्खेनोत सदान्वाः । शङ्खो नो विश्वभेषजः कृशनः पात्व् अंहसः ॥३॥
śaṅkhenāmīvām amatiṃ śaṅkhenota sadānvāḥ | śaṅkho no viśvabheṣajaḥ kṛśanaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ ||3||
By the shell [we overpower] disease, misery; by the shell also the sadā́nvās; let the all-healing shell, of pearl, protect us from distress.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिवि जातः समुद्रजः सिन्धुतस् पर्य् आभृतः । स नो हिरण्यजाः शङ्ख आयुष्प्रतरणो मणिः ॥४॥
divi jātaḥ samudrajaḥ sindhutas pary ābhṛtaḥ | sa no hiraṇyajāḥ śaṅkha āyuṣprataraṇo maṇiḥ ||4||
Born in the sky, ocean-born, brought hither out of the river, this gold-born shell [is] for us a life-prolonging amulet.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
समुद्राज् जातो मणिर् वृत्राज् जातो दिवाकरः । सो अस्मान्त् सर्वतः पातु हेत्या देवासुरेभ्यः ॥५॥
samudrāj jāto maṇir vṛtrāj jāto divākaraḥ | so asmānt sarvataḥ pātu hetyā devāsurebhyaḥ ||5||
The amulet born from the ocean, born from Vṛtra, making day—let it protect us on all sides from the missile of gods and Asuras.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हिरण्यानाम् एको ऽसि सोमात् त्वम् अधि जज्ञिषे । रथे त्वम् असि दर्शत इषुधौ रोचनस् त्वं प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत् ॥६॥
hiraṇyānām eko 'si somāt tvam adhi jajñiṣe | rathe tvam asi darśata iṣudhau rocanas tvaṃ pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat ||6||
One of the golds art thou; out of soma wast thou born; thou art conspicuous on the chariot, lustrous (rocaná) on the quiver thou. May it prolong our lives!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
देवानाम् अस्थि कृशनं बभूव तद् आत्मन्वच् चरत्य् अप्स्व् अन्तः । तत् ते बध्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय कार्शनस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥७॥
devānām asthi kṛśanaṃ babhūva tad ātmanvac caraty apsv antaḥ | tat te badhnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya kārśanas tvābhi rakṣatu ||7||
The gods' bone became pearl; that goes about within the waters, possessing soul; that do I bind on thee in order to life-time, splendor, strength, to length of life for a hundred autumns: let [the amulet] of pearl defend thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)