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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.5

उद् एनम् उत्तरं नयाग्ने घृतेनाहुत । सम् एनं वर्चसा सृज प्रजया च बहुं कृधि ॥१॥

ud enam uttaraṃ nayāgne ghṛtenāhuta | sam enaṃ varcasā sṛja prajayā ca bahuṃ kṛdhi ||1||

Lead him up higher, O Agni, [thou] to whom oblations of ghee are made; unite him with splendor, and make him abundant with progeny.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इन्द्रेमं प्रतरं कृधि सजातानाम् असद् वशी । रायस् पोषेण सं सृज जीवातवे जरसे नय ॥२॥

indremaṃ prataraṃ kṛdhi sajātānām asad vaśī | rāyas poṣeṇa saṃ sṛja jīvātave jarase naya ||2||

O Indra, put this man far forward; may he be controler of his fellows; unite him with abundance of wealth; conduct him unto life (jīvā́tu), unto old age.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यस्य कृण्मो हविर् गृहे तम् अग्ने वर्धया त्वम् । तस्मै सोमो अधि ब्रवद् अयं च ब्रह्मणस् पतिः ॥३॥

yasya kṛṇmo havir gṛhe tam agne vardhayā tvam | tasmai somo adhi bravad ayaṃ ca brahmaṇas patiḥ ||3||

In whose house we make oblation, him, O Agni, do thou increase; him may Soma bless, and this Brahmaṇaspati.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)