Sukta 127

रात्री व्यख्यदायती पुरुत्रा देव्यक्षभिः। विश्वा अधि श्रियोऽधित॥

rātrī vyakhyadāyatī purutrā devyakṣabhiḥ | viśvā adhi śriyo'dhita ||

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

ओर्वप्रा अमर्त्या निवतो देव्युद्वतः। ज्योतिषा बाधते तमः॥

orvaprā amartyā nivato devyudvataḥ | jyotiṣā bādhate tamaḥ ||

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

निरु स्वसारमस्कृतोषसं देव्यायती। अपेदु हासते तमः॥

niru svasāramaskṛtoṣasaṁ devyāyatī | apedu hāsate tamaḥ ||

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

सा नो अद्य यस्या वयं नि ते यामन्नविक्ष्महि। वृक्षे न वसतिं वयः॥

sā no adya yasyā vayaṁ ni te yāmannavikṣmahi | vṛkṣe na vasatiṁ vayaḥ ||

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

नि ग्रामासो अविक्षत नि पद्वन्तो नि पक्षिणः। नि श्येनासश्चिदर्थिनः॥

ni grāmāso avikṣata ni padvanto ni pakṣiṇaḥ | ni śyenāsaścidarthinaḥ ||

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

यावया वृक्यं वृकं यवय स्तेनमूर्म्ये। अथा नः सुतरा भव॥

yāvayā vṛkyaṁ vṛkaṁ yavaya stenamūrmye | 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.

उप मा पेपिशत्तमः कृष्णं व्यक्तमस्थित। उष ऋणेव यातय॥

upa mā pepiśattamaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ vyaktamasthita | uṣa ṛṇeva yātaya ||

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

उप ते गा इवाकरं वृणीष्व दुहितर्दिवः। रात्रि स्तोमं न जिग्युषे॥

upa te gā ivākaraṁ vṛṇīṣva duhitardivaḥ | rātri stomaṁ na jigyuṣe ||

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