1Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)sasruṣīs tad apaso divā naktaṃ ca sasruṣīḥ
vareṇyakratur aham apo devīr upa hvaye
English · William Dwight WhitneyTo the waters: for blessings
Flowing on, devoted to it; by day and by night flowing on; I, of desirable activity, call upon the heavenly waters.
2Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)otā āpaḥ karmaṇyā muñcantv itaḥ praṇītaye
sadyaḥ kṛṇvantv etave
English · William Dwight WhitneyLet them release here the worked-in waters of the ceremony for conducting forward; let them at once make [them] to go.
3Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)devasya savituḥ save karma kṛṇvantu mānuṣāḥ
śaṃ no bhavantv apa oṣadhīḥ śivāḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyIn the impulse (savá) of the divine impeller (savitár) let men do their [sacred] work; weal to us be the waters, the herbs propitious.