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10,127 Night

10.CXXVII Night

rā́trī ví akhyad āyatī́ purutrā́ devī́ akṣábhiḥ |
víśvā ádhi śríyo 'dhita ||

1 WITH all her eyes the Goddess Night looks forth approaching many a spot: She hath put all her glories on.

órú aprā ámartiyā niváto devī́ udvátaḥ |
jyótiṣā bādhate támaḥ ||

2 Immortal. she hath filled the waste, the Goddess hath filled height and depth: She conquers darkness with her light.

nír u svásāram askr̥ta uṣásaṃ devī́ āyatī́ |
ápéd u hāsate támaḥ ||

3 The Goddess as she comes hath set the Dawn her Sister in her place: And then the darkness vanishes.

sā́ no adyá yásyā vayáṃ ní te yā́mann ávikṣmahi |
vr̥kṣé ná vasatíṃ váyaḥ ||

4 So favour us this night, O thou whose pathways we have visited As birds their nest upon the tree.

ní grā́māso avikṣata ní padvánto ní pakṣíṇaḥ |
ní śyenā́saś cid arthínaḥ ||

5 The villagers have sought their homes, and all that walks and all that flies, Even the falcons fain for prey.

yāváyā vr̥kíyaṃ vŕ̥kaṃ yaváya stenám ūrmiye |
áthā naḥ sutárā bhava ||

6 Keep off the she-wolf and the wolf, O Urmya, keep the thief away; Easy be thou for us to pass.

úpa mā pépiśat támaḥ kr̥ṣṇáṃ víaktam asthita |
úṣa r̥ṇéva yātaya ||

7 Clearly hath she come nigh to me who decks the dark with richest hues: O Morning, cancel it like debts.

úpa te gā́ ivā́karaṃ vr̥ṇīṣvá duhitar divaḥ |
rā́tri stómaṃ ná jigyúṣe ||

8 These have I brought to thee like kine. O Night, thou Child of Heaven, accept This laud as for a conqueror.

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