Atharva Veda 16.4

Paryāya the fourth

May I be the navel of riches, the navel of my equals.

Of good seat (? svāsát) art thou, of good dawns, an immortal among mortals.

Let not breath quit me; nor let expiration, deserting me, go away.

Let the sun protect me from the sky, Agni from the earth, Vāyu from the atmosphere, Yama from men (manuṣyà), Sarasvatī from them of the earth.

O breath-and-expiration, do not desert me; let me not perish (pra-mī) among the people (jána).

With well-being today, O waters, may I, whole [and] with my whole train (-gaṇá), attain dawns and evenings.

Puissant (çákvarī) are ye; may cattle approach me; let Mitra-and-Varuṇa [assign] me breath-and-expiration; let Agni assign me dexterity.