DharmaPragya
Mandala 10, Hymn 127
Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
रात्री॒ व्य॑ख्यदाय॒ती पु॑रु॒त्रा दे॒व्य१॒॑क्षभिः॑ विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रियो॑ऽधित
"WITH all her eyes the Goddess Night looks forth approaching many a spot: She hath put all her glories on."
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
ओर्व॑प्रा॒ अम॑र्त्या नि॒वतो॑ दे॒व्यु१॒॑द्वतः॑ ज्योति॑षा बाधते॒ तमः॑
"Immortal. she hath filled the waste, the Goddess hath filled height and depth: She conquers darkness with her light."
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
निरु॒ स्वसा॑रमस्कृतो॒षसं॑ दे॒व्या॑य॒ती अपेदु॑ हासते॒ तमः॑
"The Goddess as she comes hath set the Dawn her Sister in her place: And then the darkness vanishes."
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
सा नो॑ अ॒द्य यस्या॑ व॒यं नि ते॒ याम॒न्नवि॑क्ष्महि वृ॒क्षे न व॑स॒तिं वयः॑
"So favour us this night, O thou whose pathways we have visited As birds their nest upon the tree."
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
नि ग्रामा॑सो अविक्षत॒ नि प॒द्वन्तो॒ नि प॒क्षिणः॑ नि श्ये॒नास॑श्चिद॒र्थिनः॑
"The villagers have sought their homes, and all that walks and all that flies, Even the falcons fain for prey."
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 8
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या॒वया॑ वृ॒क्यं१॒॑ वृकं॑ य॒वय॑ स्ते॒नमू॑र्म्ये अथा॑ नः सु॒तरा॑ भव
"Keep off the she-wolf and the wolf, O Urmya, keep the thief away; Easy be thou for us to pass."
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 8
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उप॑ मा॒ पेपि॑श॒त्तमः॑ कृ॒ष्णं व्य॑क्तमस्थित उष॑ ऋ॒णेव॑ यातय
"Clearly hath she come nigh to me who decks the dark with richest hues: O Morning, cancel it like debts."
Mandala 10, Hymn 127, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
उप॑ ते॒ गा इ॒वाक॑रं वृणी॒ष्व दु॑हितर्दिवः रात्रि॒ स्तोमं॒ न जि॒ग्युषे॑
"These have I brought to thee like kine. O Night, thou Child of Heaven, accept This laud as for a conqueror."