Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 127

RV 10 127.1

रात्री व्य् अख्यद् आयती पुरुत्रा देव्य् अ१क्षभिः । विश्वा अधि श्रियो ऽधित

rātrī vy akhyad āyatī purutrā devy a1kṣabhiḥ | viśvā adhi śriyo 'dhita

Night, coming on, has looked out in many places with her eyes; she has put on all her splendours.

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RV 10 127.2

ओर्व् अप्रा अमर्त्या निवतो देव्य् उ१द्वतः । ज्योतिषा बाधते तमः

orv aprā amartyā nivato devy u1dvataḥ | jyotiṣā bādhate tamaḥ

The immortal goddess has filled the wide (space), the low places and the heights; with light she drives back darkness.

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RV 10 127.3

निर् उ स्वसारम् अस्कृतोषसꣳ देव्य् आयती । अपेद् उ हासते तमः

nir u svasāram askṛtoṣasaṁ devy āyatī | aped u hāsate tamaḥ

The goddess, as she comes, has made out her sister Dawn; the darkness then departs.

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RV 10 127.4

सा नो अद्य यस्या वयꣳ नि ते यामन्न् अविक्ष्महि । वृक्षे न वसतिꣳ वयः

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

(Be) she to us today, she at whose coming we have settled down, as birds (settle) in a tree for their roost.

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RV 10 127.5

नि ग्रामासो अविक्षत नि पद्वन्तो नि पक्षिणः । नि श्येनासश् चिद् अर्थिनः

ni grāmāso avikṣata ni padvanto ni pakṣiṇaḥ | ni śyenāsaś cid arthinaḥ

The villages have settled down, the footed ones have settled, the winged ones; even the hawks intent on their errand.

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RV 10 127.6

यावया वृक्य१ꣳ वृकꣳ यवय स्तेनम् ऊर्म्ये । अथा नः सुतरा भव

yāvayā vṛkya1ṁ vṛkaṁ yavaya stenam ūrmye | athā naḥ sutarā bhava

Keep off the she-wolf, the wolf, keep off the thief, O Ūrmyā (Night); and be easy for us to pass through.

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RV 10 127.7

उप मा पेपिशत् तमः कृष्णꣳ व्यक्तम् अस्थित । उष ऋणेव यातय

upa mā pepiśat tamaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ vyaktam asthita | uṣa ṛṇeva yātaya

The darkness that paints over (all), black, distinctly marked, has come upon me; O Uṣas, call it in like debts.

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RV 10 127.8

उप ते गा इवाकरꣳ वृणीष्व दुहितर् दिवः । रात्रि स्तोमꣳ न जिग्युषे

upa te gā ivākaraṁ vṛṇīṣva duhitar divaḥ | rātri stomaṁ na jigyuṣe

I have brought (this) to you as (one drives up) cows; choose it, O daughter of heaven, O Rātri, (this) praise, as for one who has won.

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