Atharva Veda
To lengthen out some one's life
āvatas ta āvataḥ parāvatas ta āvataḥ ihaiva bhava mā nu gā mā pūrvān anu gāḥ pitṝn asuṃ badhnāmi te dṛḍham
To lengthen out some one's life
Thy nearnesses [are] nearnesses, thy distances nearnesses; be just here; go not now; go not after the former Fathers; thy life (ásu) I bind fast.
yat tvābhiceruḥ puruṣaḥ svo yad araṇo janaḥ unmocanapramocane ubhe vācā vadāmi te
In that men have bewitched thee, one of thine own people [or] a strange person—deliverance and release, both I speak for thee with my voice.
yad dudrohitha śepiṣe striyai puṃse acittyā unmocanapramocane ubhe vācā vadāmi te
In that thou hast shown malice (druh), hast cursed at woman [or] at man through thoughtlessness, deliverance and etc. etc.
yat enaso mātṛkṛtāccheṣe pitṛkṛtāc ca yat unmocanapramocane ubhe vācā vadāmi te
In that thou art prostrate (çī) from sin that is mother-committed and that is father-committed, deliverance and etc. etc.
yat te mātā yat te pitā jāmir bhrātā ca sarjataḥ pratyak sevasva bheṣajaṃ jaradaṣṭiṃ kṛṇomi tvā
What thy mother, what thy father, sister (jāmí), and brother shall infuse (? sárjatas)—heed (sev) thou the opposing remedy; I make thee one who reaches old age.
ihaidhi puruṣa sarveṇa manasā saha dūtau yamasya mānu gā adhi jīvapurā ihi
Be thou here, O man, together with thy whole mind; go not after Yama's (two) messengers; go unto the strongholds of the living.
anuhūtaḥ punar ehi vidvān udayanaṃ pathaḥ ārohaṇam ākramaṇaṃ jīvato jīvato 'yanam
Being called after, come thou again, knowing the up-going of the road, the ascent, the climb (ākrámaṇa), the course (áyana) of every living man.
mā bibher na mariṣyasi jaradaṣṭiṃ kṛṇomi tvā nir avocam ahaṃ yakṣmam aṅgebhyo aṅgajvaraṃ tava
Be not afraid; thou shalt not die; I make thee one who reaches old age; I have exorcised (nir-vac) the yákṣma, the waster of limbs, from thy limbs.
aṅgabhedo aṅgajvaro yaś ca te hṛdayāmayaḥ yakṣmaḥ śyena iva prāpaptad vacā sāḍhaḥ parastarām
The splitter of limbs, the waster of limbs, and the heart-ache that is thine, the yákṣma hath flown forth like a falcon, forced (sah) very far away by [my] voice.
ṛṣī bodhapratībodhāv asvapno yaś ca jāgṛviḥ tau te prāṇasya goptārau divā naktaṃ ca jāgṛtām
The two seers, Wakeful-and- Vigilant, sleepless and he that is watchful—let them, the guardians of thy breath, watch by day and by night.
ayam agnir upasadya iha sūrya ud etu te udehi mṛtyor gambhīrāt kṛṣṇāc cit tamasas pari
This Agni [is] to be waited on; here let the sun arise for thee; come up out of death's profound black darkness.
namo yamāya namo astu mṛtyave namaḥ pitṛbhya uta ye nayanti utpāraṇasya yo veda tam agniṃ puro dadhe 'smā ariṣṭatātaye
Homage to Yama, homage be to Death; homage to the Fathers, and [to them] who conduct [away]; that Agni who understands (vid) deliverance (utpáraṇa) do I put forward (puro-dhā), in order to this man's being unharmed.
aitu prāṇa aitu mana aitu cakṣur atho balam śarīram asya sam vidāṃ tat padbhyāṃ prati tiṣṭhatu
Let breath come, let mind come, let sight come, then strength; let his body assemble (? sam-vid); let that stand firm with its (two) feet.
prāṇenāgne cakṣuṣā saṃ sṛjemaṃ sam īraya tanvā saṃ balena vetthāmṛtasya mā nu gān mā nu bhūmigṛho bhuvat
With breath, O Agni, with sight unite him; associate (sam-īray) him with body, with strength; thou understandest immortality (amṛ́ta): let him not now go; let him not now become one housing in the earth.
mā te prāṇa upa dasan mo apāno 'pi dhāyi te sūryas tvādhipatir mṛtyor udāyacchatu raśmibhiḥ
Let not thy breath give out, nor let thine expiration be shut up; let the sun, the over-lord, hold thee up out of death by his rays.
iyam antar vadati jihvā baddhā paniṣpadā tvayā yakṣmam nir avocaṃ śataṃ ropīś ca takmanaḥ
This much-quivering tongue, bound, speaks within; by it I have exorcised the yákṣma and the hundred pangs of the fever.
ayaṃ lokaḥ priyatamo devānām aparājitaḥ yasmai tvam iha mṛtyave diṣṭaḥ puruṣa jajñiṣe sa ca tvānu hvayāmasi mā purā jaraso mṛthāḥ
This [is] the dearest world of the gods, unconquered. Unto what death appointed, O man, thou wast born here, we and it call after thee: do not die before old age.