Paippalāda-Saṃhitā · Chapter 14.8
iṣirā yoṣā yuvatīr damūnā
rātrī devasya savitur bhagasya |
aśvakṣatā suhavā saṃbhṛtaśrīr
ā paprau dyāvāpṛthivī mahitvā ||
ava viśvāny aruhad gabhīrā-
-udvarṣiṣṭham aruhad aśramiṣṭhā |
uśatī rātry anu sānu bhadrād
vi tiṣṭhate mitra iva svadhābhiḥ ||
narye vandye subhage sujāta
ā cāgan rātri sumanā iha syām |
asmāṃs trāyasva naryāṇi jātā-
-aśvyā yāni gavyāni puṣṭā ||
siṃhasya rātry uśatī piśasya
vyāghrasya dvīpino varca ā dade |
aśvasya bradhnaṃ puruṣasya māyaṃ
puru rūpāṇi kṛṇuṣe vibhātī ||
śivāṃ rātrim ahni sūryaṃ ca
himasya mātā suhavā no astu |
asya stomasya subhage ni bodha
yena tvā vande viśvāsu dikṣu ||
stomasya no vibhāvari
rātri rājeva joṣasai |
asāma sarvavīrā
bhavāma sarvavedaso vyucchantīr anūṣasaḥ ||
śamyā ha nāma dadhiṣe
mama dipsanti ye dhanā |
rātrīha tān asad apa-
-atha steno na vidyate
atha ripur na vidyate ||
bhadrāsi rātri camaso na piṣṭo
viśvaṃ gorūpaṃ yuvatir bibharṣi |
cakṣuṣmatī me mṛśatī vapūṃṣi
prādityān divyān rukmām̐ amukthāḥ ||
yo adya stena āyaty
aghāyur martyo ripuḥ |
rātrī tasya pratītya
pra grīvā pra śiro hanat ||
pra pādau na yathāyati
pra hastau na yathāśiṣat |
yo malimlar upāyati
sa saṃpiṣṭo apāyati |
apāyati sv apāyati
śuṣke sthāṇāv apāyata ||
Original text: Paippalāda-Saṃhitā · Edition: Dipak Bhattacharya The Paippalāda-Saṁhitā of the Atharvaveda. Volume One, Consisting of the first fifteen Kāṇḍas Calcutta The Asiatic Society Dipak Bhattacharya The Paippalāda-Saṁhitā of the Atharvaveda. Volume Two, Consisting of the sixteenth Kāṇḍa Calcutta The Asiatic Society Dipak Bhattacharya The Paippalāda-Saṁhitā of the Atharvaveda. Volume three, consisting of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth · Data entry Arlo Griffiths Thomas Zehnder Philipp Kubisch Duccio Lelli Alexander Lubotsky Carmen Spiers Michael Witzel · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0