Atharvaveda · Sūkta 1.1

1.1.1

ये त्रिषप्ताः परियन्ति विश्वा रूपाणि बिभ्रतः ।
वाचस्पतिर्बला तेषां तन्वो अद्य दधातु मे ॥ १.१.१ ॥

Those who, as twenty-one, move about bearing all forms — may Vācaspati today place their strength in my bodies.

पुनरेहि वचस्पते देवेन मनसा सह ।
वसोष्पते नि रमय मय्येवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥ १.१.२ ॥

Come back, O Lord of Speech, together with the divine mind. O lord of wealth, settle and delight in me; let what is heard remain in me.

इहैवाभि वि तनूभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया ।
वाचस्पतिर्नि यच्छतु मय्येवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥ १.१.३ ॥

Right here, as a bowstring holds the two ends of a bow, may Vācaspati firmly bind my two bodies; let what is heard remain in me.

उपहूतो वाचस्पतिरुपास्मान् वाचस्पतिर्ह्वयताम् ।
सं श्रुतेन गमेमहि मा श्रुतेन वि राधिषि ॥ १.१.४ ॥

Invoked, may Vācaspati call us near; may Vācaspati summon us. May we be joined with what is heard; may we not be parted from what is heard.