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Sukta 49
रात्रिः। इ॒षि॒रा योषा॑ युव॒तिर्दमू॑ना॒ रात्री॑ दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुर्भग॑स्य । अ॒श्व॒क्ष॒भा सु॒हवा॒ संभृ॑तश्री॒रा प॑प्रौ॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी म॑हि॒त्वा
rā́triḥ | iṣirā́ yóṣā yuvatír damū́nā rā́trī devásya savitúr bhágasya | aśvákṣabhā́ suhávā saṃbhṛ́taśrīr ā́ paprau dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ mahitvā́ ||
Night—impetuous maid, young house-dweller—O Night of god Savitar, of Bhaga. Horse-eyed, easy to be invoked, with gathered splendour, she hath filled heaven and earth with her majesty.
रात्रिः—इषिरा योषा युवतिर्दमूना; रात्री देवस्य सवितुर्भगस्य। अश्वक्षभा सुहवा संभृतश्रीः; आ पप्रौ द्यावापृथिवी महित्वा।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent for this hymn)
Devata: Rātri (connected with Savitar and Bhaga)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (hymnic; metrical classification may vary by recension analysis)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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