10.127.1
रात्री॒ व्य॑ख्यदाय॒ती पु॑रु॒त्रा दे॒व्य१क्षभि॑: | विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रियो॑ऽधित ||
WITH all her eyes the Goddess Night looks forth approaching many a spot: She hath put all her glories on.
Rigveda 10.127
HYMN CXXVII. NIGHT. · ८ कुशिकः सौभरः, रात्रिर्वा भारद्वाजी। रात्रिः। गायत्री।
10.127.1
रात्री॒ व्य॑ख्यदाय॒ती पु॑रु॒त्रा दे॒व्य१क्षभि॑: | विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रियो॑ऽधित ||
WITH all her eyes the Goddess Night looks forth approaching many a spot: She hath put all her glories on.
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10.127.2
ओर्व॑प्रा॒ अम॑र्त्या नि॒वतो॑ दे॒व्यु१द्वत॑: | ज्योति॑षा बाधते॒ तम॑: ||
Immortal. she hath filled the waste, the Goddess hath filled height and depth: She conquers darkness with her light.
10.127.3
निरु॒ स्वसा॑रमस्कृतो॒षसं॑ दे॒व्या॑य॒ती | अपेदु॑ हासते॒ तम॑: ||
The Goddess as she comes hath set the Dawn her Sister in her place: And then the darkness vanishes.
10.127.4
सा नो॑ अ॒द्य यस्या॑ व॒यं नि ते॒ याम॒न्नवि॑क्ष्महि | वृ॒क्षे न व॑स॒तिं वय॑: ||
So favour us this night, O thou whose pathways we have visited As birds their nest upon the tree.
10.127.5
नि ग्रामा॑सो अविक्षत॒ नि प॒द्वन्तो॒ नि प॒क्षिण॑: | नि श्ये॒नास॑श्चिद॒र्थिन॑: ||
The villagers have sought their homes, and all that walks and all that flies, Even the falcons fain for prey.
10.127.6
या॒वया॑ वृ॒क्यं१ वृकं॑ य॒वय॑ स्ते॒नमू॑र्म्ये | अथा॑ नः सु॒तरा॑ भव ||
Keep off the she-wolf and the wolf, O Urmya, keep the thief away; Easy be thou for us to pass.
10.127.7
उप॑ मा॒ पेपि॑श॒त्तम॑: कृ॒ष्णं व्य॑क्तमस्थित | उष॑ ऋ॒णेव॑ यातय ||
Clearly hath she come nigh to me who decks the dark with richest hues: O Morning, cancel it like debts.
10.127.8
उप॑ ते॒ गा इ॒वाक॑रं वृणी॒ष्व दु॑हितर्दिवः | रात्रि॒ स्तोमं॒ न जि॒ग्युषे॑ ||
These have I brought to thee like kine. O Night, thou Child of Heaven, accept This laud as for a conqueror.