Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.49
इषिरा योषा युवतिर् दमूना रात्री देवस्य सवितुर् भगस्य । अश्वक्षभा सुहवा संभृतश्रीर् आ पप्रौ द्यावापृथिवी महित्वा ॥१॥
iṣirā yoṣā yuvatir damūnā rātrī devasya savitur bhagasya | aśvakṣabhā suhavā saṃbhṛtaśrīr ā paprau dyāvāpṛthivī mahitvā ||1||
The lively woman, household maiden, night, of god Savitar, of Bhaga, all-expanded, of easy invocation, of assembled fortune (? -çrī́), hath filled heaven-and-earth with greatness.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अति विश्वान्य् अरुहद् गम्भिरो वर्षिष्ठम् अरुहन्त श्रविष्ठाः । उशती रात्र्य् अनु सा भद्राभि तिष्ठते मित्र इव स्वधाभिः ॥२॥
ati viśvāny aruhad gambhiro varṣiṣṭham aruhanta śraviṣṭhāḥ | uśatī rātry anu sā bhadrābhi tiṣṭhate mitra iva svadhābhiḥ ||2||
The profound one hath surmounted all things; the most mighty one hath ascended to the loftiest sky; the eager night spreads toward me like a friend with excellent svadhā́s.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वर्ये वन्दे सुभगे सुजात आजगन् रात्रि सुमना इह स्याम् । अस्मांस् त्रायस्व नर्याणि जाता अथो यानि गव्यानि पुष्ट्या ॥३॥
varye vande subhage sujāta ājagan rātri sumanā iha syām | asmāṃs trāyasva naryāṇi jātā atho yāni gavyāni puṣṭyā ||3||
O desirable, welcome, well-portioned, well-born one! thou didst come, O night; mayest thou be well-willing here; save thou for us the things that are produced (jātá) for men, likewise what [are] for cattle, by prosperity ⌊ puṣṭyā́ ⌋.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सिंहस्य रात्र्य् उशती पींषस्य व्याघ्रस्य द्वीपिनो वर्च आ ददे । अश्वस्य ब्रध्नं पुरुषस्य मायुं पुरु रूपाणि कृणुषे विभाती ॥४॥
siṃhasya rātry uśatī pīṃṣasya vyāghrasya dvīpino varca ā dade | aśvasya bradhnaṃ puruṣasya māyuṃ puru rūpāṇi kṛṇuṣe vibhātī ||4||
The eager night has taken to herself the splendor of the lion, of the stag, of the tiger, of the leopard, the horse's bottom, man's (púruṣa) roar (? māyú); many forms thou makest for thyself, shining out.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शिवां रात्रिम् अनुसूर्यं च हिमस्य माता सुहवा नो अस्तु । अस्य स्तोमस्य सुभगे नि बोध येन त्वा वन्दे विश्वासु दिक्षु ॥५॥
śivāṃ rātrim anusūryaṃ ca himasya mātā suhavā no astu | asya stomasya subhage ni bodha yena tvā vande viśvāsu dikṣu ||5||
Propitious to me [be] night and [the time] after sunrise; be the mother of cold (himá) easy of invocation for us; notice, O well-portioned one, this song of praise, with which I greet thee in all the quarters.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्तोमस्य नो विभावरि रात्रि राजेव जोषसे । असाम सर्ववीरा भवाम सर्ववेदसो व्युछन्तीर् अनूषसः ॥६॥
stomasya no vibhāvari rātri rājeva joṣase | asāma sarvavīrā bhavāma sarvavedaso vyuchantīr anūṣasaḥ ||6||
Our song of praise, O shining (vibhā́van) night, like a king thou enjoyest; may we be having all heroes, may we become having all possessions, through (ánu) the out-shining dawns.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शम्या ह नाम दधिषे मम दिप्सन्ति ये धना । रात्रीहि तान् असुतपा य स्तेनो न विद्यते यत् पुनर् न विद्यते ॥७॥
śamyā ha nāma dadhiṣe mama dipsanti ye dhanā | rātrīhi tān asutapā ya steno na vidyate yat punar na vidyate ||7||
Pleasant names thou assumest:—whoso desire to damage my riches, them, O night, do thou burn continually, so that no thief be found, so that he be not found again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भद्रासि रात्रि चमसो न विष्टो विष्वङ् गोरूपं युवतिर् बिभर्षि । चक्षुष्मती मे उशती वपूम्षि प्रति त्वं दिव्या न क्षाम् अमुक्थाः ॥८॥
bhadrāsi rātri camaso na viṣṭo viṣvaṅ gorūpaṃ yuvatir bibharṣi | cakṣuṣmatī me uśatī vapūmṣi prati tvaṃ divyā na kṣām amukthāḥ ||8||
Excellent art thou, O night, like a decorated bowl; thou bearest [as] maiden the whole form of kine; full of eyes, eager, [thou showest] me wondrous forms; thou hast put on (prati-muc) the stars of heaven (divyá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो अद्य स्तेन आयत्य् अघायुर् मर्त्यो रिपुः । रात्री तस्य प्रतीत्य प्र ग्रीवाः प्र शिरो हनत् ॥९॥
yo adya stena āyaty aghāyur martyo ripuḥ | rātrī tasya pratītya pra grīvāḥ pra śiro hanat ||9||
What thief shall come today, [what] malicious mortal villain, may night, going to meet him, smite away the neck, ⌊away⌋ the head of him;—
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्र पादौ न यथायति प्र हस्तौ न यथाशिषत् । यो मलिम्लुर् उपायति स संपिष्टो अपायति । अपायति स्वपायति शुष्के स्थाणाव् अपायति ॥१०॥
pra pādau na yathāyati pra hastau na yathāśiṣat | yo malimlur upāyati sa saṃpiṣṭo apāyati | apāyati svapāyati śuṣke sthāṇāv apāyati ||10||
⌊Away⌋ his feet, that he may not go; ⌊away⌋ his hands, that he may not harm.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)