Shloka 83
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
अत्रि बोले--कल्याणी! काम आदि शत्रुओंसे त्राण करनेवालेको अरात्रि कहते हैं और अत् (मृत्यु) से बचानेवाला अत्रि कहलाता है। इस प्रकार मैं ही अरात्रि होनेके कारण अत्रि हूँ। जबतक जीवको एकमात्र परमात्माका ज्ञान नहीं होता
bhīṣma uvāca | atrir uvāca—kalyāṇi! kāmādīn śatrūn trātīti arātriḥ ucyate, at (mṛtyoḥ) trātīti atriḥ kathyate | evaṃ aham eva arātri-bhāvād atriḥ | yāvat jīvasya ekamātra-paramātma-jñānaṃ na bhavati tāvat avasthā rātriḥ ucyate | tasyā ajñānāvasthāyā abhāvād api aham arātriḥ atriś ca | sarva-prāṇibhir ajñātaṃ yat rātri-sadṛśaṃ paramātma-tattvaṃ tasmin aham sadā jāgarti; ataḥ tat mama arātri-sadṛśam | etayā niruktyāpi aham arātri-nāma atri (jñānī) nāma ca dhārayāmi | etat mama nāmārthaṃ vijānīhi || yātudhānī uvāca—yathodāhṛtam etat te mayi nāma mahādyute, durdhāryam etan manasā | gaccha, avatara padminīm ||
阿特里说道：“吉祥的女子啊！能使众生脱离欲望等诸敌者，名为‘阿罗阿特里’——于其无夜；能救众生脱离‘阿特’——死亡——者，名为‘阿特里’。因此，我既为‘阿罗阿特里’，亦为‘阿特里’。众生未得对唯一至上自性的觉知之前，其境名为‘夜’。我离此无明之夜，故称‘阿罗阿特里’与‘阿特里’。又因至上真实为一切众生所不知，于彼等如夜；而我恒常于其中觉醒，故于我如同无夜。依此词源，我亦持‘阿罗阿特里’与‘阿特里’（智者）之名。此即我名之旨。” 夜叉女（Yātudhānī）说道：“光辉的大圣仙啊！你所阐释的名义，实难为我心所摄持。如今你去吧——下入那满布莲花的池中。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance is likened to ‘night’; until one attains knowledge of the one Supreme Self, one remains in that darkness. The knower who is awake in the Supreme Reality is ‘without night’ (arātri), and thus is portrayed as a true ‘Atri’—a protector from death and inner enemies like desire.
Atri explains, through etymological reasoning, how his name signifies freedom from the ‘night’ of ignorance and steadfast wakefulness in the Supreme Reality. Yātudhānī responds that this meaning is difficult to grasp and then instructs him to proceed and enter a lotus-pond.