Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 47

AV 19 47.1

आ रात्रि पार्थिवं रजः पितुर् अप्रायि धामभिः । दिवः सदांसि बृहती वि तिष्ठस आ त्वेषं वर्तते तमः

ā rātri pārthivaṃ rajaḥ pitur aprāyi dhāmabhiḥ | divaḥ sadāṃsi bṛhatī vi tiṣṭhasa ā tveṣaṃ vartate tamaḥ

O Night, the earthly expanse has been filled(?) with the father's abodes; you, the lofty one, spread out over the seats of heaven; the fearsome darkness rolls on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 19 47.2

न यस्याः पारं ददृशे न योयुवद् विश्वम् अस्यां नि विशते यद् एजति । अरिष्टासस् त उर्वि तमस्वति रात्रि पारम् अशीमहि भद्रे पारम् अशीमहि

na yasyāḥ pāraṃ dadṛśe na yoyuvad viśvam asyāṃ ni viśate yad ejati | ariṣṭāsas ta urvi tamasvati rātri pāram aśīmahi bhadre pāram aśīmahi

She whose far shore is not seen, nor holds apart(?) — everything that stirs enters into her. O wide and dark Night, may we unharmed reach your shore; O blessed one, may we reach the shore.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 19 47.3

ये ते रात्रि नृचक्षसो द्रष्टारो नवतिर् नव । अशीतिः सन्त्य् अष्टा उतो ते सप्त सप्ततिः

ye te rātri nṛcakṣaso draṣṭāro navatir nava | aśītiḥ santy aṣṭā uto te sapta saptatiḥ

Those watchers of yours, O Night, that look upon men — ninety-nine; and there are eighty-eight, and also seventy-seven of yours.

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AV 19 47.4

षष्टिश् च षट् च रेवति पञ्चाशत् पञ्च सुम्नयि । चत्वारश् चत्वारिंशच् च त्रयस् त्रिंशच् च वाजिनि

ṣaṣṭiś ca ṣaṭ ca revati pañcāśat pañca sumnayi | catvāraś catvāriṃśac ca trayas triṃśac ca vājini

And sixty-six, O rich one; fifty-five, O gracious one; and forty-four, and thirty-three, O vigorous one.

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AV 19 47.5

द्वौ च ते विंशतिश् च ते रात्र्य् एकादशावमाः । तेभिर् नो अद्य पायुभिर् नु पाहि दुहितर् दिवः

dvau ca te viṃśatiś ca te rātry ekādaśāvamāḥ | tebhir no adya pāyubhir nu pāhi duhitar divaḥ

And twenty-two of yours, and eleven as the lowest, O Night — with those guardians protect us now today, O daughter of heaven.

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AV 19 47.6

रक्षा माकिर् नो अघशंस ईशत मा नो दुःशंस ईशत । मा नो अद्य गवां स्तेनो मावीनां वृक ईशत

rakṣā mākir no aghaśaṃsa īśata mā no duḥśaṃsa īśata | mā no adya gavāṃ steno māvīnāṃ vṛka īśata

Protect (us)! Let no evil-speaker have power over us, let no ill-speaker have power over us; let no thief of our cows, no wolf of our sheep have power over us today.

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AV 19 47.7

माश्वानां भद्रे तस्करो मा नृणां यातुधान्यः । परमेभिः पथिभि स्तेनो धावतु तस्करः । परेण दत्वती रज्जुः परेणाघायुर् अर्षतु

māśvānāṃ bhadre taskaro mā nṛṇāṃ yātudhānyaḥ | paramebhiḥ pathibhi steno dhāvatu taskaraḥ | pareṇa datvatī rajjuḥ pareṇāghāyur arṣatu

No robber of our horses, O blessed one, no sorceresses of our men; by the farthest paths let the thief, the robber, run; far off let the toothed rope go, far off let the malicious one flow away.

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AV 19 47.8

अध रात्रि तृष्टधूमम् अशीर्षाणम् अहिं कृणु । हनू वृकस्य जम्भया स्तेनं द्रुपदे जहि

adha rātri tṛṣṭadhūmam aśīrṣāṇam ahiṃ kṛṇu | hanū vṛkasya jambhayā stenaṃ drupade jahi

Then, O Night, make the snake one of pungent smoke, headless; crush the two jaws of the wolf; slay the thief on the wooden post.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 19 47.9

त्वयि रात्रि वसामसि स्वपिष्यामसि जागृहि । गोभ्यो नः शर्म यछाश्वेभ्यः पुरुषेभ्यः

tvayi rātri vasāmasi svapiṣyāmasi jāgṛhi | gobhyo naḥ śarma yachāśvebhyaḥ puruṣebhyaḥ

In you, O Night, we dwell; we shall sleep — keep watch. Extend shelter to us, to our cows, our horses, our men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition