rAtrisUktam 8

उप तॆ गा इवाकरं वृणीष्व दुहितर्दिवः | 
रात्रि स्तोमं न जिग्युषॆ || 8 ||

upa tE gA ivAkaraM vRRiNIShva duhitardivaH |

rAtri stomaM na jigyuShE || 8 ||

O daughter of heaven: accept as you would a gift of cattle,

O night, this hymn (offered as if) to a conqueror.