Atharva Veda 19.49.8: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 49, Mantra 8
Sukta 49
भ॒द्रासि॑ रात्रि चम॒सो न वि॒ष्टो विष्वं॒ गोरू॑पं युव॒तिर्बि॑भर्षि । चक्षु॑ष्मती मे उश॒ती वपूंषि॒ प्रति॒ त्वं दि॒व्या न क्षाम॑मुक्थाः
bhadrā́si rātri camasó ná viṣṭó víśvaṃ górūpaṃ yuvatír bíbharṣi | cákṣuṣmatī me uśatī́ vapū́ṃṣi práti tvaṃ divyā́ ná kṣā́mam ukthā́ḥ ||
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.
भद्रासि रात्रि चमसो न विष्टो विष्वं गोरूपं युवतिर्बिभर्षि। चक्षुष्मती मे उशती वपूंषि प्रति त्वं दिव्या न क्षाममुक्थाः॥
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Rātrī hymn-cycle)
Devata: Rātrī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (11-syllable tendency; Atharvanic irregularities possible)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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