1Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)manve vāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī subhojasau sacetasau ye aprathethām amitā yojanāni
pratiṣṭhe hy abhavataṃ vasūnāṃ te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyPraise and prayer to heaven and earth
I reverence you, O heaven-and-earth, ye well-nourishing ones (subhójas), who, like-minded (sácetas) did spread out unmeasured intervals (yójana); since ye became foundations (pratiṣṭhā́) of good things, do ye free us from distress.
2Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)pratiṣṭhe hy abhavataṃ vasūnāṃ pravṛddhe devī subhage urūcī
dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneySince ye became foundations of good things, ye much increased, divine, fortunate, wide-extended ones, O heaven-and-earth, be pleasant to me: do ye free us from distress.
3Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)asaṃtāpe sutapasau huve 'ham urvī gambhīre kavibhir namasye
dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyI call upon the not-distressing, of excellent penance, wide, profound, to be reverenced by poets: O heaven- etc. etc.
4Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)ye amṛtaṃ bibhṛtho ye havīṃṣi ye srotyā bibhṛtho ye manuṣyān
dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyYe who bear the immortal (amṛ́ta), who the oblations; who bear the streams (srotyā́), who human beings (manuṣyà): O heaven- etc. etc.
5Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)ye usriyā bibhṛtho ye vanaspatīn yayor vāṃ viśvā bhuvanāny antaḥ
dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyYe who bear the ruddy [kine], who the forest-trees; ye within whom [are] all beings: O heaven- etc. etc.
6Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)ye kīlālena tarpayatho ye ghṛtena yābhyām ṛte na kiṃcana śaknuvanti
dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyYe who gratify with sweet drink (kīlā́la), who with ghee; without whom [men] can [do] nothing whatever: O heaven- etc. etc.
7Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)yan medam abhiśocati yenayena vā kṛtaṃ pauruṣeyān na daivāt
staumi dyāvāpṛthivī nāthito johavīmi te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyThis that scorches (abhi-çuc) me, or by whomsoever done, from what is human, not divine—I praise heaven-and-earth, [as] a suppliant I call loudly on [them]: do ye free us from distress.