Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·5·5.3
ममाग्ने वर्चो विहवेष्व् अस्तु वयं त्वेन्धानास् तन्वम् पुषेम । मह्यं नमन्तां प्रदिशश् चतस्रस् त्वयाध्यक्षेण पृतना जयेम ॥१॥
mamāgne varco vihaveṣv astu vayaṃ tvendhānās tanvam puṣema | mahyaṃ namantāṃ pradiśaś catasras tvayādhyakṣeṇa pṛtanā jayema ||1||
Be splendor mine, O Agni, in rival invocations (vihavá); may we, kindling thee, adorn ourselves; let the four directions bow to me; with thee as overseer may we conquer the fighters.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्ने मन्युं प्रतिनुदन् परेषां त्वं नो गोपाः परि पाहि विश्वतः । अपाञ्चो यन्तु निवता दुरस्यवो ऽमैषां चित्तं प्रबुधां वि नेशत् ॥२॥
agne manyuṃ pratinudan pareṣāṃ tvaṃ no gopāḥ pari pāhi viśvataḥ | apāñco yantu nivatā durasyavo 'maiṣāṃ cittaṃ prabudhāṃ vi neśat ||2||
O Agni, pushing back the fury of our adversaries, do thou, our keeper (gopā́), protect us about on all sides; let our abusers (durasyú) go away downwards; among themselves (amā́) let the intent of them awaking be lost.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मम देवा विहवे सन्तु सर्व इन्द्रवन्तो मरुतो विष्णुर् अग्निः । ममान्तरिक्षम् उरुलोकम् अस्तु मह्यं वातः पवतां कामायास्मै ॥३॥
mama devā vihave santu sarva indravanto maruto viṣṇur agniḥ | mamāntarikṣam urulokam astu mahyaṃ vātaḥ pavatāṃ kāmāyāsmai ||3||
Let all the gods be at my separate call—the Maruts with Indra, Vishṇu, Agni; let the broad-spaced atmosphere be mine; let the wind blow (pū) for me unto this desire.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मह्यं यजन्तां मम यानीष्टाकूतिः सत्या मनसो मे अस्तु । एनो मा नि गां कतमच् चनाहं विश्वे देवा अभि रक्षन्तु मेह ॥४॥
mahyaṃ yajantāṃ mama yānīṣṭākūtiḥ satyā manaso me astu | eno mā ni gāṃ katamac canāhaṃ viśve devā abhi rakṣantu meha ||4||
Let what sacrifices I make make sacrifice for me; let my mind's design be realized (satyā́); let me not fall into (ni-gā) any sin soever; let all the gods defend me here.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मयि देवा द्रविणम् आ यजन्तां मयि आशीर् अस्तु मयि देवहूतिः । दैवाः होतारः सनिषन् न एतद् अरिष्टाः स्याम तन्वा सुवीराः ॥५॥
mayi devā draviṇam ā yajantāṃ mayi āśīr astu mayi devahūtiḥ | daivāḥ hotāraḥ saniṣan na etad ariṣṭāḥ syāma tanvā suvīrāḥ ||5||
On me let the gods bestow (ā-yaj) property; with me be blessing (āçís), with me divine invocation; may the divine invokers (hótar) win that for us; may we be unharmed with our self (tanū́), rich in heroes.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दैवीः षड् उर्वीर् उरु नः कृणोत विश्वे देवास इह मादयध्वम् । मा नो विदद् अभिभा मो अशस्तिर् मा नो विदद् वृजिना द्वेष्या या ॥६॥
daivīḥ ṣaḍ urvīr uru naḥ kṛṇota viśve devāsa iha mādayadhvam | mā no vidad abhibhā mo aśastir mā no vidad vṛjinā dveṣyā yā ||6||
Ye six divine wide ones, make wide [space] for us; all ye gods, revel here; let not a portent find us, nor an imprecation; let not the wrong that is hateful find us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
तिस्रो देवीर् महि नः शर्म यछत प्रजायै नस् तन्वे यच् च पुष्टम् । मा हास्महि प्रजया मा तनूभिर् मा रधाम द्विषते सोम राजन् ॥७॥
tisro devīr mahi naḥ śarma yachata prajāyai nas tanve yac ca puṣṭam | mā hāsmahi prajayā mā tanūbhir mā radhāma dviṣate soma rājan ||7||
Ye three goddesses, grant (yam) us great protection, what is prosperous (puṣṭá) for our progeny and for ourselves (tanū́); let us not be deserted (hā) by progeny nor selves; let us not be made subject to the hater, O king Soma.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उरुव्यचा नो महिषः शर्म यछत्व् अस्मिन् हवे पुरुहूतः पुरुक्षु । स नः प्रजायै हर्यश्व मृडेन्द्र मा नो रीरिषो मा परा दाः ॥८॥
uruvyacā no mahiṣaḥ śarma yachatv asmin have puruhūtaḥ purukṣu | sa naḥ prajāyai haryaśva mṛḍendra mā no rīriṣo mā parā dāḥ ||8||
Let the bull (mahiṣá) of wide expanse grant us protection, having much food (-kṣú), [he] the much-invoked in this invocation; do thou be gracious unto our progeny, O thou of the bay horses; O Indra, harm us not, do not abandon us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
धाता विधाता भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् देवः सविताभिमातिषाहः । आदित्या रुद्रा अश्विनोभा देवाः पान्तु यजमानं निरृथात् ॥९॥
dhātā vidhātā bhuvanasya yas patir devaḥ savitābhimātiṣāhaḥ | ādityā rudrā aśvinobhā devāḥ pāntu yajamānaṃ nirṛthāt ||9||
The Creator (dhātár), the disposer (vidhātár), he who is lord of being, god Savitar, overpowerer of hostile plotters, the Ādityas, the Rudras, both the Açvins—let the gods protect the sacrificer from perdition (nirṛthá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ये नः सपत्ना अप ते भवन्त्व् इन्द्राग्निभ्याम् अव बाधामह एनान् । आदित्या रुद्रा उपरिस्पृशो नो उग्रं चेत्तारम् अधिराजम् अक्रत ॥१०॥
ye naḥ sapatnā apa te bhavantv indrāgnibhyām ava bādhāmaha enān | ādityā rudrā uparispṛśo no ugraṃ cettāram adhirājam akrata ||10||
They that are our rivals—away be they; with Indra and Agni do we beat (bādh) them down; the Ādityas, the Rudras, sky-reaching (? uparispṛ́ç), have made our over-king a stern corrector.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अर्वाञ्चम् इन्द्रम् अमुतो हवामहे यो गोजिद् धनजिद् अश्वजिद् यः । इमं नो यज्ञं विहवे शृणोत्व् अस्माकम् अभूर् हर्यश्व मेदी ॥११॥
arvāñcam indram amuto havāmahe yo gojid dhanajid aśvajid yaḥ | imaṃ no yajñaṃ vihave śṛṇotv asmākam abhūr haryaśva medī ||11||
Hitherward do we call Indra from yonder, who is kine-conquering, riches-conquering, who is horse-conquering; let him hear this sacrifice of ours at our separate call; of us, O thou of the bay horses, hast thou been the ally (medín).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)