apa naḥ śośucad agham agne śuśugdhy ā rayim apa naḥ śośucad agham
To Agni: for release from evil
Gleaming (çuc) away our evil (aghá), O Agni, gleam thou wealth unto [us]: gleaming away our evil.
Atharva Veda
To Agni: for release from evil
apa naḥ śośucad agham agne śuśugdhy ā rayim apa naḥ śośucad agham
To Agni: for release from evil
Gleaming (çuc) away our evil (aghá), O Agni, gleam thou wealth unto [us]: gleaming away our evil.
sukṣetriyā sugātuyā vasūyā ca yajāmahe apa naḥ śośucad agham
With desire of pleasant fields, of welfare, of good things, we sacrifice—gleaming away our evil—
pra yad bhandiṣṭha eṣāṃ prāsmākāsaś ca sūrayaḥ apa naḥ śośucad agham
In order that the most excellent of them, and in order that our patrons (sūrí)—gleaming away our evil—
pra yat te agne sūrayo jāyemahi pra te vayam apa naḥ śośucad agham
In order that thy patrons, O Agni; in order [namely] that we may be propagated for thee with progeny—gleaming away our evil—
pra yad agneḥ sahasvato viśvato yanti bhānavaḥ apa naḥ śośucad agham
As of the powerful Agni the lusters (bhānú) go forth in every direction—gleaming away our evil.
tvaṃ hi viśvatomukha viśvataḥ paribhūr asi apa naḥ śośucad agham
For, O thou that facest in every direction, thou art [our] encompasser on all sides: gleaming away our evil.
dviṣo no viśvatomukhāti nāveva pāraya apa naḥ śośucad agham
Our haters, O thou that facest in every direction, do thou make us pass over as with a boat: gleaming away our evil.
sa naḥ sindhum iva nāvāti parṣa svastaye apa naḥ śośucad agham
Do thou pass us over unto well-being, as [over] a river with a boat: gleaming away our evil.