अथर्वाणं पितरं देवबन्धुं मातुर् गर्भं पितुर् असुं युवानम् । य इमं यज्ञम् मनसा चिकेत प्र णो वोचस् तम् इहेह ब्रवः ॥१॥
atharvāṇaṃ pitaraṃ devabandhuṃ mātur garbhaṃ pitur asuṃ yuvānam | ya imaṃ yajñam manasā ciketa pra ṇo vocas tam iheha bravaḥ ||1||
Father Atharvan, god-relative, mother's fœtus, father's spirit (ásu), young, who understands (cit) with the mind this sacrifice—him mayest thou proclaim to us here, here mayest thou speak.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)