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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.92

वातरंहा भव वाजिन् युजमान इन्द्रस्य याहि प्रसवे मनोजवाः । युञ्जन्तु त्वा मरुतो विश्ववेदस आ ते त्वस्ता पत्सु जवं दधातु ॥१॥

vātaraṃhā bhava vājin yujamāna indrasya yāhi prasave manojavāḥ | yuñjantu tvā maruto viśvavedasa ā te tvastā patsu javaṃ dadhātu ||1||

Be thou, O steed (vājín), of wind-swiftness, being harnessed (yuj) go in Indra's impulse, with mind-quickness; let the all-possessing Maruts harness thee; let Tvashṭar put quickness in thy feet.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

जवस् ते अर्वन् निहितो गुहा यः श्येने वाते उत यो ऽचरत् परीत्तः । तेन त्वं वाजिन् बलवान् बलेनाजिं जय समने परयिष्णुः ॥२॥

javas te arvan nihito guhā yaḥ śyene vāte uta yo 'carat parīttaḥ | tena tvaṃ vājin balavān balenājiṃ jaya samane parayiṣṇuḥ ||2||

The quickness, O courser, that is put in thee in secret, also that went about committed to the hawk, to the wind—with that strength do thou, O steed, being strong, win the race, rescuing in the conflict.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तनूष् टे वाजिन् तन्वं नयन्ती वामम् अस्मभ्यं धावतु शर्म तुभ्यम् । अह्रुतो महो धरुणाय देवो दिवीव ज्योतिः स्वम् आ मिमीयात् ॥३॥

tanūṣ ṭe vājin tanvaṃ nayantī vāmam asmabhyaṃ dhāvatu śarma tubhyam | ahruto maho dharuṇāya devo divīva jyotiḥ svam ā mimīyāt ||3||

Let thy body, O steed, conducting a body, run pleasance (vāmá) for us, protection for thyself; uninjured, great, a god for maintaining, may he set up his own light in the sky, as it were.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)