Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.33
अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् अग्ने शुशुग्ध्य् आ रयिम् । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥१॥
apa naḥ śośucad agham agne śuśugdhy ā rayim | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||1||
Gleaming (çuc) away our evil (aghá), O Agni, gleam thou wealth unto [us]: gleaming away our evil.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सुक्षेत्रिया सुगातुया वसूया च यजामहे । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥२॥
sukṣetriyā sugātuyā vasūyā ca yajāmahe | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||2||
With desire of pleasant fields, of welfare, of good things, we sacrifice—gleaming away our evil—
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्र यद् भन्दिष्ठ एषां प्रास्माकासश् च सूरयः । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥३॥
pra yad bhandiṣṭha eṣāṃ prāsmākāsaś ca sūrayaḥ | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||3||
In order that the most excellent of them, and in order that our patrons (sūrí)—gleaming away our evil—
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्र यत् ते अग्ने सूरयो जायेमहि प्र ते वयम् । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥४॥
pra yat te agne sūrayo jāyemahi pra te vayam | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||4||
In order that thy patrons, O Agni; in order [namely] that we may be propagated for thee with progeny—gleaming away our evil—
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्र यद् अग्नेः सहस्वतो विश्वतो यन्ति भानवः । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥५॥
pra yad agneḥ sahasvato viśvato yanti bhānavaḥ | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||5||
As of the powerful Agni the lusters (bhānú) go forth in every direction—gleaming away our evil.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्वं हि विश्वतोमुख विश्वतः परिभूर् असि । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥६॥
tvaṃ hi viśvatomukha viśvataḥ paribhūr asi | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||6||
For, O thou that facest in every direction, thou art [our] encompasser on all sides: gleaming away our evil.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
द्विषो नो विश्वतोमुखाति नावेव पारय । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥७॥
dviṣo no viśvatomukhāti nāveva pāraya | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||7||
Our haters, O thou that facest in every direction, do thou make us pass over as with a boat: gleaming away our evil.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स नः सिन्धुम् इव नावाति पर्ष स्वस्तये । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥८॥
sa naḥ sindhum iva nāvāti parṣa svastaye | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||8||
Do thou pass us over unto well-being, as [over] a river with a boat: gleaming away our evil.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)