Atharva Veda Sukta 48
Kanda 19Anuvaka 5Sukta 486 Mantras

Sukta 48

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Rātri-hymn complex)

Devata: Rātri

Chandas: Prose-like/irregular (late Atharvanic style; functional liturgy)

Is mantra mein Ratri devi ko bulaya ja raha hai. Wo sara ghar aur logon ki hifazat karti hain. Har taraf se suraksha maangi gayi hai - aage, peeche, upar, neeche. Raat ko darr ka waqt nahi, balki surakshit samay banaya ja raha hai. Koi bura shaksh ya taklif andar nahi aa sakti. Ratri devi ghar ko apne kawal mein le leti hain. Isse raat mein bhi chain se sote hain.

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.48

Mantras

Mantra 1

रात्रिः। अथो॒ यानि॑ च॒ यस्मा॑ ह॒ यानि॑ चा॒न्तः प॑री॒णहि॑ । तानि॑ ते॒ परि॑ दद्मसि

Raat, jo bhi cheezein tujhmein hain, kahi se bhi aayi ho, woh sab tujhe de di. Tu unki hifazat kar. Sab tere hawaale.

Mantra 2

रात्रि॒ मात॑रु॒षसे॑ नः॒ परि॑ देहि । उ॒षा नो॒ अह्ने॒ परि॑ ददा॒त्वह॒स्तुभ्यं॑ विभावरि

Hey Raatri Maa, humein apni hifazat mein rakh. Usha, tu bhi din ke liye humein apni hifazat mein rakh. Hey chamakne wali, humein aage badha de.

Mantra 3

यत् किं चे॒दं प॒तय॑ति यत् किं चे॒दं स॑रीसृ॒पम्। यत् किं च॒ पर्व॑ताया॒सत्वं॒ तस्मा॒त् त्वं रा॑त्रि पाहि नः

Jo bhi udne wali cheez hai, jo bhi rengne wali cheez hai, jo bhi parvat par rehti hai, aye raatri, un sabse humein bacha le.

Mantra 4

सा प॒श्चात् पा॑हि॒ सा पु॒रः सोत्त॒राद॑ध॒रादु॒त। गो॒पाय॑ नो विभावरि स्तो॒तार॑स्त इ॒ह स्म॑सि

Peeche se bacha, aage se bhi bacha. Uttar se bhi, neeche se bhi humein surakshit rakh. Aye Vibhavari, hum tere stuti karne wale hain, yahin hain tere paas.

Mantra 5

ये रात्रि॑मनु॒तिष्ठ॑न्ति॒ ये च॑ भू॒तेषु॒ जाग्र॑ति । प॒शून् ये सर्वा॒न् रक्ष॑न्ति॒ ते न॑ आ॒त्मसु॑ जाग्रति॒ ते नः॑ प॒शुषु॑ जाग्रति

Jo log raatri ki seva karte hain, jo raatri mein jaagte hain, jo sab jaanwaron ki raksha karte hain, woh log hamare upar nazar rakhein, hamare jaanwaron par bhi nazar rakhein.

Mantra 6

वेद॒ वै रा॑त्रि ते॒ नाम॑ घृ॒ताची॒ नाम॒ वा अ॑सि । तां त्वां भ॒रद्वा॑जो वेद॒ सा नो॑ वि॒त्तेऽधि॑ जाग्रति

Raatri, tera naam pata hai, Ghrutachi naam tera hai. Bharadwaj rishi tujhe jaanta hai. Tu hamare maal par nazar rakh.

Frequently Asked Questions

It is used at night to protect a home and everyone within it, sealing the interior space and asking Rātri to guard from all directions and keep watch over property.

Because the rite aims at total coverage: naming directions ritually ‘maps’ protection onto the whole space so that danger is blocked from every quarter.

It invokes an efficacious name of Rātri associated with sustaining brightness and protection; the hymn treats true-name knowledge as a source of mantra-power to safeguard wealth (vitta).

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