Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 50

AV 19 50.1

अध रात्रि तृष्टधूमम् अशीर्षाणम् अहिं कृणु । अक्षौ वृकस्य निर् जह्यास् तेन तं द्रुपदे जहि

adha rātri tṛṣṭadhūmam aśīrṣāṇam ahiṃ kṛṇu | akṣau vṛkasya nir jahyās tena taṃ drupade jahi

Then, O Night, make (him) a headless snake with acrid smoke; strike out the two eyes of the wolf; with that strike him down onto the wooden block.

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

AV 19 50.2

ये ते रात्र्य् अनड्वाहस् तीक्ष्णशृङ्गाः स्वाशवः । तेभिर् नो अद्य पारयाति दुर्गाणि विश्वहा

ye te rātry anaḍvāhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāḥ svāśavaḥ | tebhir no adya pārayāti durgāṇi viśvahā

The draught-oxen that are yours, O Night, sharp-horned and swift-running — with them carry us today across the hard places, always.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 50.3

रात्रिंरात्रिम् अरिष्यन्तस् तरेम तन्वा वयम् । गम्भीरम् अप्लवा इव न तरेयुर् अरातयः

rātriṃrātrim ariṣyantas tarema tanvā vayam | gambhīram aplavā iva na tareyur arātayaḥ

Night after night may we cross over with our body, unharmed; may the hostile powers not cross over, like men without a boat (crossing) a deep (water).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 50.4

यथा शाम्याकः प्रपतन्न् अपवान् नानुविद्यते । एवा रात्रि प्र पातय यो अस्माꣳ अभ्यघायति

yathā śāmyākaḥ prapatann apavān nānuvidyate | evā rātri pra pātaya yo asmāṁ abhyaghāyati

As the śāmyāka, flying down, is not found again, so, O Night, make him fly away who means evil against us.

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

AV 19 50.5

अप स्तेनं वासयो गोअजम् उत तस्करम् । अथो यो अर्वतः शिरो ऽभिधाय निनीषति

apa stenaṃ vāsayo goajam uta taskaram | atho yo arvataḥ śiro 'bhidhāya ninīṣati

Keep the thief lodged away, and the cattle-driver and the robber; and also him who, having tied up the horse's head, wants to lead (it) off.

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AV 19 50.6

यद् अद्य रात्रि सुभगे विभजन्त्य् अयो वसु । यद् एतद् अस्मान् भोजय यथेद् अन्यान् उपायसि

yad adya rātri subhage vibhajanty ayo vasu | yad etad asmān bhojaya yathed anyān upāyasi

Whatever goods they distribute today, O fortunate Night — let us enjoy that which is here, just as you come to others.

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

AV 19 50.7

उषसे नः परि देहि सर्वान् रात्र्य् अनागसः । उषा नो अह्ने आ भजाद् अहस् तुभ्यं विभावरि

uṣase naḥ pari dehi sarvān rātry anāgasaḥ | uṣā no ahne ā bhajād ahas tubhyaṃ vibhāvari

Hand us all over to the Dawn, O Night, free of offence. May Dawn apportion us to the Day, and the Day to you, O far-shining one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition