Atharva Veda
amutrabhūyād adhi yad yamasya bṛhaspate abhiśaster amuñcaḥ praty auhatām aśvinā mṛtyum asmad devānām agne bhiṣajā śacībhiḥ
When thou, O Brihaspati, didst release [us] from Yama's otherworld existence, from malediction, the Açvins bore back death from us, O Agni, physicians of the gods, mightily.
saṃ krāmataṃ mā jahītaṃ śarīraṃ prāṇāpānau te sayujāv iha stām śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamāno 'gniṣ ṭe gopā adhipā vasiṣṭhaḥ
Walk (kram) ye (two) together; leave not the body; let thy breath and expiration be here allies; live thou increasing a hundred autumns; [be] Agni thy best over-ruling shepherd.
āyur yat te atihitaṃ parācair apānaḥ prāṇaḥ punar ā tāv itām agniṣ ṭad āhār nirṛter upasthāt tad ātmani punar ā veśayāmi te
Thy life-time that is set over at a distance—[thy] expiration, breath, let them come again—Agni hath taken that from the lap of perdition; that I cause to enter again in thy self.
memaṃ prāṇo hāsīn mo apāno 'vahāya parā gāt saptarṣibhya enaṃ pari dadāmi te enaṃ svasti jarase vahantu
Let not breath leave this man; let not expiration, leaving him low, go away; I commit him to the seven sages (ṛ́ṣi); let them carry him happily (svastí) unto old age.
pra viśataṃ prāṇāpānāvanaḍvāhāviva vrajam ayaṃ jarimnaḥ śevadhir ariṣṭa iha vardhatām
Enter ye in, O breath and expiration, as (two) draft-oxen a stall; let this treasure of old age increase here unharmed.
ā te prāṇaṃ suvāmasi parā yakṣmaṃ suvāmi te āyur no viśvato dadhad ayam agnir vareṇyaḥ
We impel hither thy breath; I impel away thy yákṣma; let Agni here, desirable one, assign us life-time from all sides.
ud vayaṃ tamasas pari rohanto nākam uttamam devaṃ devatrā sūryam aganma jyotir uttamam
Up out of darkness have we, ascending the highest firmament, gone to the sun, god among the gods, highest light.