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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.121

विषाणा पाशान् वि ष्याध्य् अस्मद् य उत्तमा अधमा वारुणा ये । दुष्वप्न्यं दुरितं नि ष्वास्मद् अथ गछेम सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥१॥

viṣāṇā pāśān vi ṣyādhy asmad ya uttamā adhamā vāruṇā ye | duṣvapnyaṃ duritaṃ ni ṣvāsmad atha gachema sukṛtasya lokam ||1||

An untier, do thou untie off us the fetters that are highest, lowest, that are Varuṇa's; remove (nis-sū) from us evil-dreaming [and] difficulty; then may we go to the world of the well-done.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यद् दारुणि बध्यसे यच् च रज्ज्वां यद् भूम्यां बध्यसे यच् च वाचा । अयं तस्माद् गार्हपत्यो नो अग्निर् उद् इन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥२॥

yad dāruṇi badhyase yac ca rajjvāṃ yad bhūmyāṃ badhyase yac ca vācā | ayaṃ tasmād gārhapatyo no agnir ud in nayāti sukṛtasya lokam ||2||

If (yát) thou art bound in wood, and if in a rope; if thou art bound in the earth, and if by a spell (vā́c)—may this householder's-fire lead us up from that to the world of the well-done.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उद् अगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके । प्रेहामृतस्य यछतां प्रैतु बद्धकमोचनम् ॥३॥

ud agātāṃ bhagavatī vicṛtau nāma tārake | prehāmṛtasya yachatāṃ praitu baddhakamocanam ||3||

Arisen are the two blessed stars named the Unfasteners; let them bestow here of immortality (amṛ́ta); let the releaser of the bound advance.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि जिहीष्व लोकम् कृणु बन्धान् मुञ्चासि बद्धकम् । योन्या इव प्रच्युतो गर्भः पथः सर्वां अनु क्षिय ॥४॥

vi jihīṣva lokam kṛṇu bandhān muñcāsi baddhakam | yonyā iva pracyuto garbhaḥ pathaḥ sarvāṃ anu kṣiya ||4||

Go thou apart; make room; mayest thou free the bound one from the bond; like a young fallen out of the womb, do thou dwell along all roads.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)