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Atharvaveda 19.47

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.47

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Sanskrit

19.47.1

ā́ rātri pā́rthivaṃ rájaḥ pitúr aprāyi dhā́mabhiḥ |
diváḥ sádāṃsi br̥hatī́ ví tiṣṭhasa ā́ tveṣáṃ vartate támaḥ ||1||

O night, the earthly space (rájas) hath been filled with the father's orderings (dhā́man); great, thou spreadest thyself (vi-sthā) to the seats of the sky; bright darkness comes on (ā-vṛt).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.2

ná yásyāḥ pāráṃ dádr̥śe ná yóyuvad víśvam asyā́ṃ ní viśate yád éjati |
áriṣṭāsas ta urvi tamasvati rā́tri pārám aśīmahi bhádre pārám aśīmahi ||2||

She of whom the further limit is not seen, nor what separates; in her everything that stirs goes to rest (ni-viç); uninjured may we, O wide darksome night, attain thy further limit—may we, O excellent one, attain thy further limit.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.3

yé te rātri nr̥cákṣaso draṣṭā́ro navatír náva |
aśītíḥ sánty aṣṭā́ utó te saptá saptatíḥ ||3||

The men-watching lookers that are thine, O night, ninety [and] nine—eighty are they [and] eight, also seven [and] seventy of thine;—

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.4

ṣaṣṭíś ca ṣáṭ ca revati pañcāśát páñca sumnayi |
catvā́raś catvāriṃśác ca tráyas triṃśác ca vājini ||4||

And sixty and six, O wealthy one; fifty [and] five, O pleasant one; four and forty, three and thirty, O mighty (vājín) one;—

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.5

dváu ca te viṃśatíś ca te rā́try ékādaśāvamā́ḥ |
tébhir no adyá pāyúbhir nú pāhi duhitar divaḥ ||5||

And two of thine and twenty of thine, O night; eleven the least (avamá)—with those protectors today do thou protect us, O daughter of the sky.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.6

rákṣā mā́kir no agháśaṃsa īśata mā́ no duḥśáṃsa īśata |
mā́ no adyá gávāṃ stenó mā́vīnāṃ vŕ̥ka īśata ||6||

Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.7

mā́śvānāṃ bhadre táskaro mā́ nr̥ṇā́ṃ yātudhānyàḥ |
paramébhiḥ pathíbhi stenó dhāvatu táskaraḥ |
páreṇa datvátī rájjuḥ páreṇāghāyúr arṣatu ||7||

Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.8

ádha rātri tr̥ṣṭádhūmam aśīrṣā́ṇam áhiṃ kr̥ṇu |
hánū vŕ̥kasya jambháyā stenáṃ drupadé jahi ||8||

Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.47.9

tváyi rātri vasāmasi svapiṣyā́masi jāgr̥hí |
góbhyo naḥ śárma yachā́śvebhyaḥ púruṣebhyaḥ ||9||

Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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