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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.58

यशसं मेन्द्रो मघवान् कृणोतु यशसं द्यावापृथिवी उभे इमे । यशसं मा देवः सविता कृणोतु प्रियो दातुर् दक्षिणाया इह स्याम् ॥१॥

yaśasaṃ mendro maghavān kṛṇotu yaśasaṃ dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe ime | yaśasaṃ mā devaḥ savitā kṛṇotu priyo dātur dakṣiṇāyā iha syām ||1||

Glorious let the bounteous Indra make me; glorious both heaven-and-earth here; glorious let god Savitar make me; may I be dear here to the giver of the sacrificial gift.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यथेन्द्रो द्यावापृथिव्योर् यशस्वान् यथाप ओषधीषु यशस्वतीः । एवा विश्वेषु देवेषु वयं सर्वेषु यशसः स्याम ॥२॥

yathendro dyāvāpṛthivyor yaśasvān yathāpa oṣadhīṣu yaśasvatīḥ | evā viśveṣu deveṣu vayaṃ sarveṣu yaśasaḥ syāma ||2||

As Indra is possessed of glory in heaven-and-earth, as the waters are possessed of glory in the herbs, so among all the gods may we, among all, be glorious.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यशा इन्द्रो यशा अग्निर् यशाः सोमो अजायत । यशा विश्वस्य भूतस्याहम् अस्मि यशस्तमः ॥३॥

yaśā indro yaśā agnir yaśāḥ somo ajāyata | yaśā viśvasya bhūtasyāham asmi yaśastamaḥ ||3||

Glorious was Indra, glorious was Agni, glorious was Soma born; glorious, of all existence am I most glorious.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)