Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.127
रात्री व्य् अख्यद् आयती पुरुत्रा देव्य् अक्षभिः । विश्वा अधि श्रियो ऽधित ॥
rātrī vy akhyad āyatī purutrā devy akṣabhiḥ | viśvā adhi śriyo 'dhita ||
With all her eyes the Goddess Night looks forth approaching many a spot: She hath put all her glories on.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ओर्व् अप्रा अमर्त्या निवतो देव्य् उद्वतः । ज्योतिषा बाधते तमः ॥
orv aprā amartyā nivato devy udvataḥ | jyotiṣā bādhate tamaḥ ||
Immortal. she hath filled the waste, the Goddess hath filled height and depth: She conquers darkness with her light.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
निर् उ स्वसारम् अस्कृतोषसं देव्य् आयती । अपेद् उ हासते तमः ॥
nir u svasāram askṛtoṣasaṃ devy āyatī | aped u hāsate tamaḥ ||
The Goddess as she comes hath set the Dawn her Sister in her place: And then the darkness vanishes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सा नो अद्य यस्या वयं नि ते यामन्न् अविक्ष्महि । वृक्षे न वसतिं वयः ॥
sā no adya yasyā vayaṃ ni te yāmann avikṣmahi | vṛkṣe na vasatiṃ vayaḥ ||
So favour us this night, O thou whose pathways we have visited As birds their nest upon the tree.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नि ग्रामासो अविक्षत नि पद्वन्तो नि पक्षिणः । नि श्येनासश् चिद् अर्थिनः ॥
ni grāmāso avikṣata ni padvanto ni pakṣiṇaḥ | ni śyenāsaś cid arthinaḥ ||
The villagers have sought their homes, and all that walks and all that flies, Even the falcons fain for prey.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यावया वृक्यं वृकं यवय स्तेनम् ऊर्म्ये । अथा नः सुतरा भव ॥
yāvayā vṛkyaṃ vṛkaṃ yavaya stenam ūrmye | athā naḥ sutarā bhava ||
Keep off the she-wolf and the wolf, O Urmya, keep the thief away; Easy be thou for us to pass.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप मा पेपिशत् तमः कृष्णं व्यक्तम् अस्थित । उष ऋणेव यातय ॥
upa mā pepiśat tamaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ vyaktam asthita | uṣa ṛṇeva yātaya ||
Clearly hath she come nigh to me who decks the dark with richest hues: O Morning, cancel it like debts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप ते गा इवाकरं वृणीष्व दुहितर् दिवः । रात्रि स्तोमं न जिग्युषे ॥
upa te gā ivākaraṃ vṛṇīṣva duhitar divaḥ | rātri stomaṃ na jigyuṣe ||
These have I brought to thee like kine. O Night, thou Child of Heaven, accept This laud as for a conqueror.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)