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Atharvavedaparishishta 4.3

Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 4.3

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Sanskrit

4.3.1

atha piṣṭamayīṃ rātriṃ caturbhir dīpakaiḥ saha | arcitāṃ gandhamālyena sthāpayet tasya cāgrataḥ ||

Then he should set up before him [an effigy of] Night made of flour, together with four lamps, / worshipped with fragrant unguents and garlands.

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4.3.2

namas kṛtvā tato rātrim arcayitvā yathāvidhi | dhūpena cānnapānena stotreṇa ca samarcayet ||

Then, having bowed to Night and worshipped her according to rule, / he should venerate her with incense, food, drink, and a hymn of praise:

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4.3.3

pāhi māṃ satataṃ devi sarāṣṭraṃ sasuhṛjjanam | uṣase naḥ prayacchasva śāntiṃ ca kṛṇu me sadā | ye tvāṃ prapadyante devi na teṣāṃ vidyate bhayam ||

'Protect me always, O goddess, together with my realm and friends; / deliver us to the dawn, and always make peace for me; / for those who take refuge in you, O goddess, no fear exists.

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4.3.4

rātriṃ prapadye jananīṃ sarvabhūtaniveśanīm | bhadrāṃ bhagavatīṃ kṛṣṇāṃ viśvasya jagato niśām ||

I take refuge in Night, the mother, who causes all beings to rest, / the auspicious, the divine, the dark, the night of the entire world.

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4.3.5

saṃveśanīṃ saṃyamanīṃ grahanakṣatramālinīm | prapanno 'haṃ śivāṃ rātriṃ bhadre pāram aśīmahi ||

Her who brings to rest, who restrains, garlanded with planets and lunar mansions, / in the auspicious Night I have taken refuge; O auspicious one, may we reach the other shore!

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4.3.6

yāṃ sadā sarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | sāyaṃ prātar namasyanti sā māṃ rātry abhirakṣatv iti ||

Whom all beings, both motionless and moving, / constantly revere evening and morning, let that Night protect me!'

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