These Waters be to us for drink; divine are they for aid and joy. May they impart to us health and strength!
Rig Veda X, 9, 4
You Waters who rule over precious things and have supreme control of men, we beg you, give us healing balm.
Rig Veda X, 9, 5
May Earth, whose measurements the Ashvins marked, over whose breadth the foot of Visnu strode, whom Indra, Lord of power, freed from foes, stream milk for me, as a mother for her son!
Atharva Veda XII, 1, 10
Your hills, O Earth, your snow-clad mountain peaks, your forests, may they show us kindliness! Brown, black, red, multifarious in hue and solid is this vast Earth, guarded by Indra. Invincible, unconquered, and unharmed, I have on her established my abode.
Atharva Veda XII, 1, 11
Impart to us those vitalizing forces that come, O Earth, from deep within your body, your central point, your navel; purify us wholly. The Earth is mother; I am son of Earth. The Rain-giver is my father; may he shower on us blessings!
Atharva Veda XII, 1, 12
