śaṃ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye śaṃ yor abhi sravantu naḥ
To the waters: for blessings
Be the divine waters weal for us in order to assistance, to drink; weal [and] health flow they unto us.
Atharva Veda
To the waters: for blessings
śaṃ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye śaṃ yor abhi sravantu naḥ
To the waters: for blessings
Be the divine waters weal for us in order to assistance, to drink; weal [and] health flow they unto us.
apsu me somo abravīd antar viśvāni bheṣajā agniṃ ca viśvaśaṃbhuvam
Within the waters, Soma told me, are all remedies, and Agni (fire) wealful for all.
āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṃ varūthaṃ tanve mama jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe
O waters, bestow a remedy, protection (várūtha) for my body, and long to see the sun.
śaṃ na āpo dhanvanyāḥ śam u santv anūpyāḥ śaṃ naḥ khanitrimā āpaḥ śam u yāḥ kumbha ābhṛtāḥ śivā naḥ santu vārṣikīḥ
Weal for us the waters of the plains, and weal be those of the marshes, weal for us the waters won by digging, and weal what are brought in a vessel; propitious to us be those of the rain.