Atharvavedaparishishta 4.3

English (machine translation) 4.3

Language: English

4.3.1

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

4.3.2

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

4.3.3

'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.

4.3.4

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.

4.3.5

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!

4.3.6

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

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Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit