Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.62

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.62

वैश्वानरो रश्मिभिर् नः पुनातु वातः प्राणेनेषिरो नभोभिः । द्यावापृथिवी पयसा पयस्वती ऋतावरी यज्ञिये न पुनीताम् ॥१॥

vaiśvānaro raśmibhir naḥ punātu vātaḥ prāṇeneṣiro nabhobhiḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī payasā payasvatī ṛtāvarī yajñiye na punītām ||1||

Let Vāiçvānara (Agni) by his rays purify us, the wind, lively with mists (? nábhas), by his breath; let heaven-and-earth, rich in milk, righteous, worshipful, purify us by milk.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वैश्वानरीं सूनृताम् आ रभध्वं यस्या आशास् तन्वो वीतपृष्ठाः । तया गृणन्तः सधमादेषु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीनाम् ॥२॥

vaiśvānarīṃ sūnṛtām ā rabhadhvaṃ yasyā āśās tanvo vītapṛṣṭhāḥ | tayā gṛṇantaḥ sadhamādeṣu vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīnām ||2||

Take ye hold upon the pleasantness of Vāiçvānara, of which the regions are the smooth-backed bodies; with that, singing in joint revelings, may we be lords of wealth (pl.).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वैश्वानरीं वर्चस आ रभध्वं शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः । इहेडया सधमादं मदन्तो ज्योक् पश्येम सूर्यम् उच्चरन्तम् ॥३॥

vaiśvānarīṃ varcasa ā rabhadhvaṃ śuddhā bhavantaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ | iheḍayā sadhamādaṃ madanto jyok paśyema sūryam uccarantam ||3||

Take ye hold upon that (f.) of Vāiçvānara in order to splendor, becoming cleansed, clear, purifying; here, reveling in joint reveling with Iḍā, may we long see the sun going up.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)