Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.40

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.40

AVŚ 6.40.1

अभयं द्यावापृथिवी इहास्तु नो ऽभयं सोमः सविता नः कृणोतु । अभयं नो ऽस्तूर्व् अन्तरिक्षं सप्तऋषीणां च हविषाभयं नो अस्तु ॥१॥

abhayaṃ dyāvāpṛthivī ihāstu no 'bhayaṃ somaḥ savitā naḥ kṛṇotu | abhayaṃ no 'stūrv antarikṣaṃ saptaṛṣīṇāṃ ca haviṣābhayaṃ no astu ||1||

Let fearlessness, O heaven-and-earth, be here for us; let Soma, Savitar, make us fearlessness; be the wide atmosphere fearlessness for us; and by the oblation of the seven seers be there fearlessness for us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

AVŚ 6.40.2

अस्मै ग्रामाय प्रदिशश् चतस्र ऊर्जं सुभूतं स्वस्ति सविता नः कृणोतु । अशत्र्व् इन्द्रो अभयं नः कृणोत्व् अन्यत्र राज्ञाम् अभि यातु मन्युः ॥२॥

asmai grāmāya pradiśaś catasra ūrjaṃ subhūtaṃ svasti savitā naḥ kṛṇotu | aśatrv indro abhayaṃ naḥ kṛṇotv anyatra rājñām abhi yātu manyuḥ ||2||

For this village [let] the four directions—let Savitar make for us sustenance, well-being, welfare; let Indra make for us freedom from foes, fearlessness; let the fury of kings fall on (abhi-yā) elsewhere.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

AVŚ 6.40.3

अनमित्रं नो अधराद् अनमित्रं न उत्तरात् । इन्द्रानमित्रं नः पश्चाद् अनमित्रं पुरस् कृधि ॥३॥

anamitraṃ no adharād anamitraṃ na uttarāt | indrānamitraṃ naḥ paścād anamitraṃ puras kṛdhi ||3||

Freedom from enemies for us below, freedom from enemies for us above; O Indra, make freedom from enemies for us behind, freedom from enemies in front.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)