Atharva Veda 19.49.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 49, Mantra 2
Sukta 49
अति॒ विश्वा॑न्यरुहद् गम्भी॒रो वर्षि॑ष्ठमरुहन्त॒ श्रवि॑ष्ठाः । उ॒श॒ती रात्र्यनु॒ सा भ॒द्राभि ति॑ष्ठते मि॒त्र इ॑व स्व॒धाभिः॑
áti víśvāny aruhad gambhīró várṣiṣṭham aruhanta śráviṣṭhāḥ | uśatī́ rā́try ànu sā́ bhadrā́bhi tíṣṭhate mitrá iva svadhā́bhiḥ ||
Beyond all things the Deep One hath ascended; the loftiest height the most renowned have mounted. Kindly Night, thereafter, she with auspicious powers takes her firm station, like Mitra, with her own inherent might.
अतिविश्वान्यरुहद् गम्भीरः; वर्षिष्ठं श्रविष्ठा आरोहन्त। उशती रात्र्यनु सा भद्राभिः शक्तिभिः दृढं तिष्ठति—मित्र इव स्वधाभिः।
Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for late Book 19 hymns (Rātri-stotra complex)
Devata: Rātri (Night), with Mitra as comparative paradigm of order
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (late Atharvan style; mixed/irregular in Book 19)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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