rAtrisUktam 3

निरु स्वसारमस्कृतोषसं दॆव्यायती | 
अपॆदु हासतॆ तमः || 3 ||

niru svasAramaskRRitoShasaM dEvyAyatI |

apEdu hAsatE tamaH || 3 ||

As she comes,the goddess makes a place for her sister uShas (Dawn),

and the darkness, laughed at, goes away.

rAtrisUktam 2

ओर्वप्रा अमर्त्या निवतो दॆव्युद्वतः | 
ज्योतिषा बाधतॆ तमः || 2 ||

orvaprA amartyA nivato dEvyudvataH |

jyotiShA bAdhatE tamaH || 2 ||

Immortal, the goddess has filled the void, and height and depth.

Darkness is banished by her light.

rAtrisUktam 1

ॐ रात्री व्यख्यदायती पुरुत्रा दॆव्यक्षभिः | 
विश्वा अधि श्रियोऽधित || 1 ||

OM rAtrI vyakhyadAyatI purutrA dEvyakShabhiH |

vishvA adhi shriyo.adhita || 1 ||

OM. The goddess Night, approaching, illumines every place with her eyes.

She has put on all her glories.

dEvIsUktam 8

अहमॆव वात इव प्रवाम्यारभमाणा भुवनानि विश्वा | 
परो दिवा पर एना पृथिव्यैतावती महिना सं बभूव || 8 ||

ahamEva vAta iva pravAmyArabhamANA bhuvanAni vishvA |

paro divA para enA pRRithivyaitAvatI mahinA saM babhUva || 8 ||

I breathe a breath like the wind, stirring all the worlds.

In my grandeur I have come to be beyond earth and sky.

dEvIsUktam 7

अहं सुवॆ पितरमस्य मूर्धन् मम योनिरप्स्वन्तः समुद्रॆ | 
ततो वि तिष्ठॆ भुवनानु विश्वोतामं द्यां वर्ष्मणोप स्पृशामि || 7 ||

ahaM suvE pitaramasya mUrdhan mama yonirapsvantaH samudrE |

tato vi tiShThE bhuvanAnu vishvotAmaM dyAM varShmaNopa spRRishAmi || 7 ||

At the world's summit I bring forth the Father, my yoni is in the waters, in the ocean.

Thence I extend over all beings and touch yonder heaven with my forehead.

dEvIsUktam 6

अहं रुद्राय धनुरा तनोमि ब्रह्मद्विषॆ शरवॆ हन्तवा उ | 
अहं जनाय समदं कृणोम्यहं द्यावापृथिवी आ विवॆश || 6 ||

ahaM rudrAya dhanurA tanomi brahmadviShE sharavE hantavA u |

ahaM janAya samadaM kRRiNomyahaM dyAvApRRithivI A vivEsha || 6 ||

I draw the bow for rudra, that his arrow may strike the enemy of devotion.

I gather the people for battle, and I have penetrated through heaven and earth.

dEvIsUktam 5

अहमॆव स्वयमिदं वदामि जुष्टं दॆवॆभिरुत मानुषॆभिः | 
यं कामयॆ तं तमुग्रं कृणोमि तं ब्रह्माणं तमृषिं तं सुमॆधाम् || 5 ||

ahamEva svayamidaM vadAmi juShTaM dEvEbhiruta mAnuShEbhiH |

yaM kAmayE taM tamugraM kRRiNomi taM brahmANaM tamRRiShiM taM sumEdhAm || 5 ||

I myself say this, which is welcomed by gods and men alike:

whomever I love I make mighty, I make that one a brahmANa, a RRiShi, and a sage.