Mantra 8

Sukta 49

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भद्रासि रात्रि चमसो न विष्टो विष्वं गोरूपं युवतिर्बिभर्षि । चक्षुष्मती मे उशती वपूंषि प्रति त्वं दिव्या न क्षाममुक्थाः

IAST Transliteration

bhadrā́si rātri camasó ná viṣṭó víśvaṃ górūpaṃ yuvatír bíbharṣi | cákṣuṣmatī me uśatī́ vapū́ṃṣi práti tvaṃ divyā́ ná kṣā́mam ukthā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Auspicious art thou, O Night, set down as is a bowl: as a young maid thou bearest every cow-formed thing. Eye-possessed, kindly unto me, thou settest thy fair forms in answer, like heavenly hymns upon the earth.

Word by Word

भद्राauspicious, kindly

असिyou are

रात्रिO Night

चमसःa cup, bowl

नlike, as

विष्टःentered, set in (placed)

विश्वम्all, the whole

गोरूपम्having the form of a cow (cow-shaped)

युवतिःa young woman

बिभर्षिyou bear, you carry

चक्षुष्मतीpossessing eyes; luminous

मेmy, for me

उशतीdesiring, kindly, gracious

वपूंषिforms, bodies, beauties

प्रतिtowards, in return

त्वम्you

दिव्याdivine

नlike, as

क्षामम्the earth/ground; (also) a dark/grey expanse

उक्थाःhymns, praises; utterances

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Rātrī hymn-cycle)

Devata: Rātrī

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (11-syllable tendency; Atharvanic irregularities possible)

Mantra Rasa

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