8 kuśikaḥ saubharaḥ, rātrirvā bhāradvājī| rātriḥ| gāyatrī|
rātrī̱ vya̍khyadāya̱tī pu̍ru̱trā de̱vya1kṣabhi̍: | viśvā̱ adhi̱ śriyo̍'dhita
||1||orva̍prā̱ ama̍rtyā ni̱vato̍ de̱vyu1dvata̍: | jyoti̍ṣā bādhate̱ tama̍:
||2||niru̱ svasā̍ramaskṛto̱ṣasa̍ṃ de̱vyā̍ya̱tī | apedu̍ hāsate̱ tama̍:
||3||sā no̍ a̱dya yasyā̍ va̱yaṃ ni te̱ yāma̱nnavi̍kṣmahi | vṛ̱kṣe na va̍sa̱tiṃ vaya̍:
||4||ni grāmā̍so avikṣata̱ ni pa̱dvanto̱ ni pa̱kṣiṇa̍: | ni śye̱nāsa̍ścida̱rthina̍:
||5||yā̱vayā̍ vṛ̱kyaṃ1 vṛka̍ṃ ya̱vaya̍ ste̱namū̍rmye | athā̍ naḥ su̱tarā̍ bhava
||6||upa̍ mā̱ pepi̍śa̱ttama̍: kṛ̱ṣṇaṃ vya̍ktamasthita | uṣa̍ ṛ̱ṇeva̍ yātaya
||7||upa̍ te̱ gā i̱vāka̍raṃ vṛṇī̱ṣva du̍hitardivaḥ | rātri̱ stoma̱ṃ na ji̱gyuṣe̍
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