Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.48
अथो यानि च यस्मा ह यानि चान्तः परीणहि । तानि ते परि दद्मसि ॥१॥
atho yāni ca yasmā ha yāni cāntaḥ parīṇahi | tāni te pari dadmasi ||1||
Now then what things we note, or what things are within the box, those things we commit to thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रात्रि मातर् उषसे नः परि देहि । उषा नो अह्ने परि ददात्व् अहस् तुभ्यं विभावरि ॥२॥
rātri mātar uṣase naḥ pari dehi | uṣā no ahne pari dadātv ahas tubhyaṃ vibhāvari ||2||
O night! mother! commit thou us to the dawn; let the dawn commit us to the day, the day to thee, O shining one (vibhādvarī).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत् किं चेदं पतयति यत् किं चेदं सरीसृपम् । यत् किं च पर्वतायासत्वं तस्मात् त्वं रात्रि पाहि नः ॥३॥
yat kiṃ cedaṃ patayati yat kiṃ cedaṃ sarīsṛpam | yat kiṃ ca parvatāyāsatvaṃ tasmāt tvaṃ rātri pāhi naḥ ||3||
Whatsoever flies here, whatsoever that is crawling (sarīsṛpá) is here, whatsoever creature is on the mountain—from that do thou, O night, protect us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सा पश्चात् पाहि सा पुरः सोत्तराद् अधराद् उत । गोपाय नो विभावरि स्तोतारस् त इह स्मसि ॥४॥
sā paścāt pāhi sā puraḥ sottarād adharād uta | gopāya no vibhāvari stotāras ta iha smasi ||4||
Do thou protect behind, thou in front, thou from above and from below; do thou guard us, O shining one; here we are, thy praisers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ये रात्रिम् अनुतिष्ठन्ति ये च भूतेषु जाग्रति । पशून् ये सर्वान् रक्षन्ति ते न आत्मसु जाग्रति ते नः पशुषु जाग्रति ॥५॥
ye rātrim anutiṣṭhanti ye ca bhūteṣu jāgrati | paśūn ye sarvān rakṣanti te na ātmasu jāgrati te naḥ paśuṣu jāgrati ||5||
They who follow (anu-sthā) the night, and who watch over beings, who defend all cattle—they watch over our selves (ātmán), they watch over our cattle.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वेद वै रात्रि ते नाम घृताची नाम वा असि । तां त्वां भरद्वाजो वेद सा नो वित्ते ऽधि जाग्रति ॥६॥
veda vai rātri te nāma ghṛtācī nāma vā asi | tāṃ tvāṃ bharadvājo veda sā no vitte 'dhi jāgrati ||6||
Verily I know thy name, O night; thou art "ghee-dripping" (ghṛtā́cī) by name; as such Bharadvāja knows thee; do thou watch over our property.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)