mUrtirahasyam 25

दॆव्या ध्यानं मया ख्यातं गुह्याद् गुह्यतरं महत् | 
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नॆन सर्वकामफलप्रदम् || 25 ||

dEvyA dhyAnaM mayA khyAtaM guhyAd guhyataraM mahat |

tasmAtsarvaprayatnEna sarvakAmaphalapradam || 25 ||

Meditation on the goddess, I say, is the greatest of all secrets,

therefore with all diligence there will be all fulfillment of desires. 

Partial Reveal

We stride through multi-dimensionality,
worlds upon worlds,
layers upon layers.
As we do, we reveal only parts,
and the rest is hidden,
even from ourselves.

Time is cyclic and recursive,
space is ten-dimensional chess.
We have many lives to live,
and forgetting has a cost.
But nothing, nothing
is ever lost.

Studying the Architecture of Seashells

Studying the architecture of seashells,
the angle of the morning sun,
and the fathomless reach
of the tide,
I pass my days.
One could do
no better.

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.

rAtrisUktam 7

उप मा पॆपिशत्तमः कृष्णं व्यक्तमस्थित | 
उष ऋणॆव यातय || 7 ||

upa mA pEpishattamaH kRRiShNaM vyaktamasthita |

uSha RRiNEva yAtaya || 7 ||

Above me, the black darkness is reddening.

O Dawn, cancel it like debts.

Arriba de mi, la negra oscuridad se enrojece. 

O Alba, cancélala como unas deudas.

मेरे ऊपर, काला अंधेरा लाल हो रहा है।

हे सुबह, कर्ज की तरह इसे रद्द करें

rAtrisUktam 6

यावया वृक्यं वृकं यवय स्तॆनमूर्म्यॆ | 
अथा नः सुतरा भव || 6 ||

yAvayA vRRikyaM vRRikaM yavaya stEnamUrmyE |

athA naH sutarA bhava || 6 ||

Keep away the she-wolf and the wolf, keep away the thief in the night,

and be easy for us to pass through.

rAtrisUktam 5

नि ग्रामासो अविक्षत नि पद्वन्तो नि पक्षिणः | 
नि श्यॆनासश्चिदर्थिनः || 5 ||

ni grAmAso avikShata ni padvanto ni pakShiNaH |

ni shyEnAsashchidarthinaH || 5 ||

The villagers have gone to sleep, as have all that walk, and all that fly,

even the hungering hawks.