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Vaikhānasamantrapraśna, 5-8 · Chapter 8.1.176

8.1.176.1

yāváyā vr̥kyaṃ[*915] 1 vŕ̥kaṃ yaváya stenám ūrmye
áthā nas sutárā bhava

8.1.176.2

úpa mā pépiśat támaḥ kr̥ṣṇáṃ vyaktam asthita
úṣa r̥ṇéva yātaya

8.1.176.3

úpa te gā́[*916] ivā́karaṃ vr̥ṇīṣvá duhitar divaḥ
rā́tri stómaṃ ná jigyúṣe
8.1.176.4[*917] ā́ rātri pā́rthivaṃ rájaḥ pitúr aprāyi[*918] dhā́mabhiḥ
divás sádāṃsi br̥hatī́ ví tiṣṭhasa ā́ tveṣáṃ vartate támaḥ

8.1.176.5

yé te rātrī nr̥cákṣaso yuktā́so[*919] navatír náva
aśī́tis saṃtv[*920] aṣṭā́ utó te sapta sáptatīḥ

8.1.176.6

rā́trīṃ prá padye janánīṃ sarvá-bhūta-nivéśanīm
bhadrā́ṃ bhagávatīṃ kr̥ṣṇā́ṃ viśvásya jagató niśām

8.1.176.7

saṃveśinī́ṃ[*921] saṃyaminī́ṃ[*922] grahá-nakṣatra-mā́linīm
prápanno 'hám śivāṃ rātrī́ṃ bhadré pāram aśī́mahi bhadré pāram aśī́mahy óṃ námaḥ
[*915] Text: vr̥kyāṃ
[*916] VMP: vā́; RV, TB, etc: gā́
[*917] Verses 8.1.176.4-7 correspond to verses 4.2.1-4 of the R̥g Veda Khila, the “Rātrī Khila”. Verses 8.1.176.4-5 also correspond to AV 19.47.1 and 19.47.3 respectively. In Coburn's Devi Māhātmya, p. 265, he says that the sole variant between RVKh and AV is the AV's reading of draṣṭāro for yuktāso. However in Whitney's Atharva Veda Saṃhitā, vol. 2, p. 975, he indicates another variant is AV's reading of santi for santu.
[*918] VMP: pitáraḥ prā́yu; AV, RVKh: pitúr aprāyi
[*919] AV: draṣṭāro
[*920] AV: santi
[*921] RVKh: veśanī́ṃ
[*922] RVKh: saṃyamanī́ṃ

Original text: Vaikhānasamantrapraśna, 5-8 · Edition: various South Indian editions in Telugu script · Data entry Howard Jay Resnick · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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