Vedic Ratri Suktam
വൈദിക രാത്രിസൂക്തമ്
The Sanskrit text in Malayalam script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
രാത്രീ വ്യഖ്യദായതീ പുരുത്രാ ദേവ്യക്ഷഭിഃ।
വിശ്വാ അധി ശ്രിയോഽധിത॥Ratri vyakhyadayati purutra devyakshabhih, vishva adhi shriyodhita.
Goddess Night, as she comes, looks out everywhere with her many eyes, the stars; she has put on all her splendour.
ഓര്വപ്രാ അമര്ത്യാ നിവതോ ദേവ്യുദ്വതഃ।
ജ്യോതിഷാ ബാധതേ തമഃ॥Orvapra amartya nivato devyudvatah, jyotisha badhate tamah.
The immortal goddess has filled the wide space, the valleys and the heights; with her light she drives away the darkness.
നിരു സ്വസാരമസ്കൃതോഷസം ദേവ്യായതീ।
അപേദു ഹാസതേ തമഃ॥Niru svasaramaskritoshasam devyayati, apedu hasate tamah.
As the goddess comes, she makes way for her sister Dawn, and the darkness too will slip away.
സാ നോ അദ്യ യസ്യാ വയം നി തേ യാമന്നവിക്ഷ്മഹി।
വൃക്ഷേ ന വസതിം വയഃ॥Sa no adya yasya vayam ni te yamannavikshmahi, vrikshe na vasatim vayah.
May she be gracious to us today; at her coming we have gone home to rest, like birds to their nest in a tree.
നി ഗ്രാമാസോ അവിക്ഷത നി പദ്വന്തോ നി പക്ഷിണഃ।
നി ശ്യേനാസശ്ചിദര്ഥിനഃ॥Ni gramaso avikshata ni padvanto ni pakshinah, ni shyenasashchidarthinah.
The villages have gone to rest, and all that walk and all that fly, even the hungry hawks.
യാവയാ വൃക്യം വൃകം യവയ സ്തേനമൂര്മ്യേ।
അഥാ നഃ സുതരാ ഭവ॥Yavaya vrikyam vrikam yavaya stenamurmye, atha nah sutara bhava.
Keep away the she-wolf and the wolf, keep away the thief, O Night, and be easy for us to pass through.
ഉപ മാ പേപിശത്തമഃ കൃഷ്ണം വ്യക്തമസ്ഥിത।
ഉഷ ഋണേവ യാതയ॥Upa ma pepishattamah krishnam vyaktamasthita, usha rineva yataya.
Thick black darkness has come close to me, covering everything. O Dawn, clear it away as one clears a debt.
ഉപ തേ ഗാ ഇവാകരം വൃണീഷ്വ ദുഹിതര്ദിവഃ।
രാത്രി സ്തോമം ന ജിഗ്യുഷേ॥Upa te ga ivakaram vrinishva duhitardivah, ratri stomam na jigyushe.
I have brought this hymn to you like an offering of cows, O Night, daughter of Heaven; accept it as you would praise for a victor.