Atharva Veda 8.1

antakāya mṛtyave namaḥ prāṇā apānā iha te ramantām ihāyam astu puruṣaḥ sahāsunā sūryasya bhāge amṛtasya loke

For some one's continued life

To the ender Death [be] homage. Let thy breaths, expirations, rest here. Let this man be here with his life (ásu), in the portion of the sun, in the world of the immortal.

ud enaṃ bhago agrabhīd ud enaṃ somo aṃśumān ud enaṃ maruto devā ud indrāgnī svastaye

Up hath Bhaga taken him, up Soma rich in shoots ⌊hath taken⌋ him, up the heavenly Maruts ⌊have taken⌋ him, up have Indra-and-Agni, for his welfare.

iha te 'sur iha prāṇa ihāyur iha te manaḥ ut tvā nirṛtyāḥ pāśebhyo daivyā vācā bharāmasi

Here [be] thy life, here breath, here life-time, here thy mind; we bear thee up from the fetters of perdition with divine speech. 4.. Step up from here, O man, fall not down, loosening down the fetter (páḍbīça) of death; be not severed from this world, from the sight (saṁdṛ́ç) of fire, of the sun.

tubhyaṃ vātaḥ pavatāṃ mātariśvā tubhyaṃ varṣantv amṛtāny āpaḥ sūryas te tanve śaṃ tapāti tvām mṛtyur dayatāṃ mā pra meṣṭhāḥ

Let the wind, Mātariçvan, be cleansing for thee; for thee let the waters rain immortal things; may the sun burn weal for thy body; let death compassionate thee; do not thou perish.

udyānaṃ te puruṣa nāvayānaṃ jīvātuṃ te dakṣatātiṃ kṛṇomi ā hi rohemam amṛtaṃ sukhaṃ ratham atha jivrir vidatham ā vadāsi

Up-going [be] thine, O man, not down-going; length of life (jīvā́tu), ability, I make for thee; for do thou ascend this immortal easy-running chariot, then shalt thou in advanced age (? jírvi) speak to the council (vidátha).

mā te manas tatra gān mā tiro bhūn mā jīvebhyaḥ pra mado mānu gāḥ pitṝn viśve devā abhi rakṣantu tveha

Let not thy mind go thither; let it not be lost (tiró-bhū); do not neglect (pra-mad) the living, go not after the Fathers; let all the gods defend thee here.

mā gatānām ā dīdhīthā ye nayanti parāvatam ā roha tamaso jyotir ehy ā te hastau rabhāmahe

Do not regard (ā-dhī) the departed, who lead [one] to the distance; ascend out of darkness, come to light; we take hold on thy hands.

śyāmaś ca tvā mā śabalaś ca preṣitau yamasya yau pathirakṣī śvānau arvāṅ ehi mā vi dīdhyo mātra tiṣṭhaḥ parāṅmanāḥ

Let not the dark and the brindled one, sent forth, [seize] thee, that are Yama's dogs, road-defenders; come thou hitherward; do not hesitate; stand not there with mind averted.

maitaṃ panthām anu gā bhīma eṣa yena pūrvaṃ neyatha taṃ bravīmi tama etat puruṣa mā pra patthā bhayaṃ parastād abhayaṃ te arvāk

Do not follow that road; that is a frightful one—the one thou hast not gone before, that I speak of; to that darkness, O man, do not go forth; [there is] fear in the distance, safety for thee hitherward.

rakṣantu tvāgnayo ye apsv antā rakṣatu tvā manuṣyā yam indhate vaiśvānaro rakṣatu jātavedā divyas tvā mā pra dhāg vidyutā saha

Let the fires that are within the waters defend thee; let that defend thee which human beings kindle; let Vāiçvānara, Jātavedas defend [thee]; let not [the fire] of heaven consume thee along with the lightning.

mā tvā kravyād abhi maṃstārāt saṃkasukāc cara rakṣatu tvā dyau rakṣatu pṛthivī sūryaś ca tvā rakṣatāṃ candramāś ca antarikṣaṃ rakṣatu devahetyāḥ

Let not the flesh-eating [fire] plot against thee; move far from the destroying (sáṁkasuka) one; let heaven defend, let earth defend thee; let both sun and moon defend thee; let the atmosphere defend from the gods' missile.

bodhaś ca tvā pratibodhaś ca rakṣatām asvapnaś ca tvānavadrāṇaś ca rakṣatām gopāyaṃś ca tvā jāgṛviś ca rakṣatām

Let both the knower and the attender defend thee; let both the sleepless one and the unslumbering one defend thee; let both the guardian and the wakeful one protect thee.

te tvā rakṣantu te tvā gopāyantu tebhyo namas tebhyaḥ svāhā

Let these defend thee; let these guard thee; to these [be] homage! to these hail!

jīvebhyas tvā samude vāyur indro dhātā dadhātu savitā trāyamāṇaḥ

Let Vāyu, Indra, Dhātar, the preserving Savitar, assign thee unto converse with the living; let not breath, strength, leave thee; we call after thy life.

mā tvā jambhaḥ saṃhanur mā tamo vidan mā jihvā barhiḥ pramayuḥ kathā syāḥ ut tvādityā vasavo bharantūd indrāgnī svastaye

Let not the jaw-snapping (?) grinder (jambhá), let not the darkness find thee, let not the tongue-wrencher (?); how shouldst thou be one that perisheth? up let the Ādityas, the Vasus bear thee, up let Indra-and-Agni, for thy welfare.

ut tvā dyaur ut pṛthivy ut prajāpatir agrabhīt ut tvā mṛtyor oṣadhayaḥ somarājñīr apīparan

Up hath heaven, up hath earth, up hath Prajāpati caught thee; up out of death have the herbs, with Soma for their king, made thee pass.

ayaṃ devā ihaivāstv ayaṃ māmutra gād itaḥ imaṃ sahasravīryeṇa mṛtyor ut pārayāmasi

Be this man just here, O gods; let him not go yonder from hence; him by what is of thousand-fold might do we make pass up out of death.

ut tvā mṛtyor apīparaṃ saṃ dhamantu vayodhasaḥ mā tvā vyastakeśyo mā tvāgharudo rudan

I have made thee pass up out of death; let the vigor-givers blow together; let not the women of disheveled locks, let not the evil-wailers, wail for thee.

āhārṣam avidaṃ tvā punar āgāḥ punarṇavaḥ sarvāṅga sarvaṃ te cakṣuḥ sarvam āyuś ca te 'vidam

I have taken, I have found thee; thou hast come back renewed; whole-limbed one! I have found thy whole sight, and thy whole life-time.

vy avāt te jyotir abhūd apa tvat tamo akramīt apa tvan mṛtyuṃ nirṛtim apa yakṣmaṃ ni dadhmasi

It hath shone out for thee; it hath become light; darkness hath departed from thee; away from thee we set down death [and] perdition, away the yákṣma.