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Ratri Suktam
Ratri Suktam
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Devotional text
rātrisūktamm rātrisūktamm ṛgvedasaṃhitāyāṃtāyāṃdaśamaṃmaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃ, 127saptaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamaṃraśatatamaṃsūktamm| ṛṣiḥḥ- kuśikaḥ kaḥsaubharo rātrirvābhāradvājīājī|devatā- rātristavaḥtavaḥ| chandaḥdaḥ- 1, 3, 6virāḍgāyatrī; 2pādanicṛdgāyatrī; 4, 5, 8gāyatrīī; 7nicṛdgāyatrī | svaraḥvaraḥ-ṣaḍjaḥḥ| oṃrātrī̱vya̭khyadāyadāya̱tīpṷru̱trāde̱vya1ya1̱̭kṣabhi̭ḥ| viśvā̱adhi̱śriyo᳚'dhitata||10.127.01 orva̭prā̱ama̭rtyāni̱vato᳚de̱vyu1yu1̱̭dvataḥta̭ḥ| jyoti̭ṣābādhate̱tama̭ḥ||10.127.02 niru̱svasāvasā᳚ramaskṛto̱ṣasaṃ᳚de̱vyāyā᳚ya̱tī| apedṷhāsate̱tama̭ḥ||10.127.03 sāno᳚a̱dyayasyāyā᳚va̱yaṃnite̱yāma̱nnavi̭kṣmahi| vṛ̱kṣenava̭sa̱tiṃvaya̭ḥ||10.127.04 nigrāmāmā᳚soavikṣata̱nipa̱dvanto̱nipa̱kṣiṇaḥṇa̭ḥ| niśyeye̱nāsa̭ścida̱rthinaḥna̭ḥ||10.127.05 yā̱vayā᳚vṛ̱kyaṃ1ṃ1̱̭vṛkaṃ᳚ya̱vaya̭stete̱namū᳚rmye| athā᳚naḥsu̱tarā᳚bhava||10.127.06 upa̭mā̱pepi̭śa̱ttamaḥma̭ḥkṛ̱ṣṇaṃṇaṃvya̭ktamasthita | uṣa̭ṛ̱ṇeva̭yātaya||10.127.07 upa̭te̱gāi̱vāka̭raṃvṛṇī̱ṣva dṷhitardivaḥvaḥ| rātri̱stomaṃma̱ṃnaji̱gyuṣeyuṣe᳚||10.127.08 ||pariśiṣṭamm|| ārā᳚tri̱pārthi̭va̱ṃraja̭ḥpi̱tara̭ḥprāyuāyu̱dhāma̭bhiḥ| rātrisūktamm di̱vaḥsatām᳚sibṛha̱tīviti̭ṣṭhasa̱ātveve̱ṣaṃva̭rtatetetama̭ḥ||1 yete᳚rātrinṛ̱cakṣa̭soyu̱ktāso᳚na̱vatirnava̭| aśītiḥ ̭ḥsaṃtvava̱ṣṭā̱u̱tote᳚sapta̱sapta̭tīḥ||2 rātrīṃī̱ṃprapa̭tyeyeja̱nanīṃ᳚sa̱rvabhūbhū᳚taniveśaveśa̭nīm| bha̱drāṃāṃbha̱gava̭tīṃkṛ̱ṣṇāṃṇā̱ṃvi̱śvasya̭jaga̱toni̭śām||3 sa̱mveve̱śi̱nīṃ᳚sa̱ṃya̱mi̱nī̱ṃgra̱hana̭kṣatra̱māli ̭nīm| prapa̭nno̱'haṃśi̭vāṃrā̱trīṃī̱ṃbha̱drepā᳚rama̱śīma̭hi (bha̱drepārama̱śīma̱hyoṃnama̭ḥ) ||4 sto̱ṣyāyā̱mi̱prayato̱devīṃ᳚śa̱raṇyāṃyāṃ᳚bahvṛ̱capri̭yām| sa̱ha̱sra̱saṃhi̭tāṃdu̱rgāmmjā̱tave᳚dasesunavāmanavāma̱somammam᳚||5 śā̱ntya̱rtha̱ṃtaddvi̱jā̱tīnā᳚ṛ̱ṣibhi̭ḥsomama̱pāśri̭tāḥ | ṛkvee᳚de̱tvaṃvaṃsaṃmūtpapa̱nā'rā᳚trīyīya̱tonida̭hāti̱veda̭ḥ||6 yetvāṃvāṃ᳚de̱vipra̱patya᳚ntibrā̱hmaṇāṇā᳚havya̱vāha̭nīm| a̱vi̱tyāyā̱bahṷvityāyā̱vā̱sana̭ḥparṣa̱dati̭durgāṇi̱viśvā᳚||7 yea̱knivarvar᳚ṇāṃśṷbhāṃsau̱myāṃyāṃkī̱rtayi̭ṣyanti̱yedvi̭jāḥ| tā̱mstātā̱ra̱ya̱ti̱durgā᳚ṇinā̱vevasindhuṃdhuṃ᳚duri̱tātyaya̱gniḥ||8 durge᳚ṣuviṣameṣameghorere᳚saṅgrāmeāme᳚ripusaṅka̭ṭe | agnicorani̭pāteṣuduṣṭhagra̭hanivāriṇi duṣṭhagra̭hanivāriṇyonnamaḥma̭ḥ||9 durgeṣuṣu̱viṣṣ̭meṣu̱tvaṃvaṃ᳚sa̱ṅgrāmeāme᳚ṣuva̱neṣṷca | mo̱ha̱yi̱tvāvā’pra̭patya̱mntetete̱ṣāṃme᳚abha̱yaṃkṷru| te̱ṣāṃmeabha̱yaṃkṷruvonnamaḥma̭ḥ||10 ke̱śi̱nīṃ᳚sarva̭bhūtā̱nā̱ṃpa̱ñcamīmī᳚tica̱nāma̭ca| sā̱mā̱ṃsa̱mā̱ni̱śā̱devī᳚sa̱rvataḥta̭ḥpari̱rakṣa̭tu| sa̱rvataḥta̭ḥpari̱rakṣa̱tvonnamaḥma̭ḥ||11 tāma̱gniva᳚rṇā̱ṃtapasājvalavala̱mtīṃtīṃvai᳚rocaca̱nīṃkar᳚mapha̱leṣujuṣṭāṃāṃ᳚| du̱rgā̱ṃde̱vīṃśara̭ṇama̱haṃprapa̭dyesu̱tara̭sitarase̱namaḥ| rātrisūktamm su̱tara̭sitarase̱nama̭ḥ||12 durgā᳚duṟgeṣṷsthānethāne̱ṣuśa̱ṃnode᳚vīra̱bhi̭ṣṭayeye| yai̱maṃdu̱rgāsta̭vaṃpu̱ṇyaṃyaṃrā̱traurārā᳚trausa̱dāpa̭ṭhet||13 rātriḥkuśi ̭kaso̱bha̱ro̱rātri̱rvābhā᳚radvā̱jīrātri̱stavo᳚gāya̱trī| rātarī᳚sū̱ktaṃṃjapḙnni̱tyaṃya̱ṃta̱tkālakāla̭mupapa̱dya̭te||14 ulū᳚kayātuṃśīśī̱lūka̭yātuṃja̱hiśvayāyā᳚tumumu̱takokaka̭yātumm| su̱pa̱rṇayāyā᳚tumutamutagṛ̭dhrayātuṃdṛ̱ṣade᳚vapramṛmṛ̭ṇa̱rakṣa̭indra||15 pi̱śaṅga̭bhṛṣaṭi̱mambhṛ̱ṇaṃpi̱śāci̭mindra̱saṃmṛ̭ṇa| sarva̱ṃrakṣo̱nibarbar᳚haya||16 hi̱masya̭tvāvāja̱rāyṷṇāśāle̱pari᳚vyayāmasi| (uta̱hra̱dohi̭nodhiyo̱gnirda̭dātubheṣa̱jam) ||17 śīśī᳚tahra̱dohi̭nodhiyo̱gnirda̭dātubheṣa̱jam| anti̱kāma̱gnima̭janaya̭dūrvā᳚da̭ḥśī̱śīlāga̭mat||18 a̱jātaputrapapa̱kṣāyāyā᳚hṛ̱daya̱ṃmama̭dūyate| vipupṷla̱ṃvanaṃ᳚ba̱hvākākā᳚śaṃcara̭jātaveda̱ḥkāmā᳚ya||19 mā̱ṃca̱rakṣa̱putrāṃāṃ᳚ścaśara̭ṇamabhū̱ttava̭| pi̱ṇgākṣa̱lohi̱tagrī᳚vakṛ̱ṣṇavaṇava᳚rṇana̱mostṷte||20 a̱smānni̱barha̭rasyenāṃyenā̱ṃsā̱gara̭syorma̱yoya̭thā| indra̭ḥkṣa̱traṃ da̭dātu̱varṷ̄ṇama̱bhiṣimm᳚catu||21 śa̱tra̱vo̱nidha̭naṃyā̱ntu̱ja̱yatvaṃvaṃ᳚brahma̱teja̭sā||22 ka̱pi̱la̱ja̱ṭīṃṃ᳚sarva̭bhakṣa̱ṃcā̱gniṃpra̭tyakṣa̱daiva̭tam||23 va̱ru̱ṇa̱ṃca̱va̱śā̱myagre᳚ma̱mapṷtrāṃśca̱rakṣa̭tu (ma̱mapṷtrāṃśca̱rakṣa̱tvonnamaḥma̭ḥ) ||24 sāgraṃ᳚va̱rṣaśa̱taṃjī᳚vapi̱bakhā᳚daca̱modada̭ca||25 du̱:khi̱tā̱ṃścadvi̭jāṃścaiai̱vapra̱jāṃca̭paśu̱pāla̭ya||26 yāva̭dā̱dityasta̭pati̱yāva̭dbhrājati̱candra̭māḥ| yā̱va̱dvā̱yuḥplavāvā᳚yati̱tāva̭jjīvīva̱jayā᳚jaya||27 rātrisūktamm yena̭ke̱napra̭kāre̱ṇako̱hinā᳚manu̱jīva̭ti| pare᳚ṣā̱mupa̭kārārthaṃ ya̱jjīvīva̭tisa̱jīva̭ti| e̱tā̱ṃvai̱śvānarīṃ᳚sa̱rvadede᳚vānna̱mostṷte||28 naco̭ra̱bhaya̱ṃnaca̭sarpa̱bhaya̱ṃnaca̭vyāghra̱bhaya̱ṃnaca̭mṛtyuyu̱bhayam᳚| ya̱syāyā̱pa̱mṛ̱tyurnacamṛ̱tyuḥyuḥsarvamm᳚labhate̱sarvaṃ᳚jayate||29 oṃśāntiḥ̱ḥśāntiḥ̱ḥśāntiḥ̭ḥ|| ||iti pariśiṣṭamm|| rātrisūktaṃṃsvararahitamtam rātrīvyakhyadāyatīyadāyatīpurutrādevya1kṣabhiḥ| viśvāadhi śriyo'dhita ||10.127.01 orvaprāamartyānivatodevyu1dvataḥtaḥ| jyotiṣāṣābādhatetamaḥ||10.127.02 nirusvasāramaskṛtoṣasaṃṣasaṃdevyāyatīyāyatī| apeduhāsatetamaḥ||10.127.03 sānoadyayasyāyāvayaṃniteyāmannavikṣmahi| vṛkṣenavasatiṃ ṃvayaḥ||10.127.04 nigrāmāsoavikṣata nipadvantonipakṣiṇaḥṇaḥ| niśyenāsaścidarthinaḥnaḥ||10.127.05 yāvayāvṛkyaṃ1ṃ1vṛkaṃyavayastenamūrmye| athānaḥsutarātarābhava||10.127.06 upamāpepiśattamaḥmaḥkṛṣṇaṃṇaṃvyaktamasthita | uṣaṛṇevayātaya||10.127.07 upategāivākaraṃvṛṇīṣvavaduhitardivaḥvaḥ| rātristomaṃmaṃnajigyuṣeyuṣe||10.127.08 ||pariśiṣṭamm|| ārātripārthivaṃvaṃrajaḥpitaraḥtaraḥprāyuāyudhāmabhiḥ ḥ| divaḥvaḥsatāmsi bṛhatīvitiṣṭhasaātveṣaṃveṣaṃvartatetetamaḥ||1 yeterātrinṛcakṣasoyuktāsonavatirnava | rātrisūktamm aśītiḥ ḥsaṃtvaṣṭāutotesaptasaptatīḥtīḥ||2 rātrīṃīṃprapatyeyejananīṃsarvabhūtaniveśanīmveśanīm| bhadrāṃāṃbhagavatīṃkṛṣṇāṃṇāṃviśvasya jagatoniśāmśām||3 samveśinīṃnīṃsaṃyaminīṃ nīṃgrahanakṣatramālinīmnīm| prapanno'haṃ'haṃśivāṃvāṃrātrīṃīṃbhadrepāramaśīmahi (bhadrepāramaśīmahyoṃ ṃnamaḥ) ||4 stoṣyāmiprayatodevīṃśaraṇyāṃyāṃbahvṛcapriyāmyām| sahasrasaṃhitāṃtāṃdurgāṃjātavedasesunavāmanavāmasomammam||5 śāntyarthaṃtaddvijātīnāṛṣibhiḥsomapāśritāḥtāḥ | ṛkvedeedetvaṃvaṃsaṃmūtpanāpanārātrīyatonidahāti vedaḥ||6 yetvāṃvāṃdevi prapatyantibrāhmaṇāṇāhavyavāhanīmyavāhanīm| avityāyābahuvityāyāvāsanaḥparṣadatidurgāṇi viśvā||7 yeaknivarṇāṃśubhāṃbhāṃsaumyāṃyāṃkīrtayiṣyantiyedvijāḥ|jāḥ| tāmstārayatidurgāṇi nāvevasindhuṃdhuṃduritātyagniḥ||8 durgeṣuṣuviṣameṣameghoreresaṅgrāmeāmeripusaṅkaṭeṭe | agnicoranipāteṣupāteṣuduṣṭhagrahanivāriṇi duṣṭagrahanivāriṇyonnamaḥmaḥ||9 durgeṣuṣuviṣmeṣueṣutvaṃvaṃsaṅgrāmeṣuāmeṣuvaneṣuca | mohayitvāvā’prapatyamnteteteṣāṃmeabhayaṃkuru | teṣāṃmeabhayaṃkuruvonnamaḥmaḥ||10 keśinīṃ nīṃsarvabhūtānāṃbhūtānāṃpañcamīticanāmaca| sāmāṃsamāniśāśādevīsarvataḥtaḥpari rakṣatu| sarvataḥtaḥpari rakṣatvonnamaḥmaḥ||11 tāmagnivarṇāṃtapasājvalamtīṃtīṃvairocanīṃcanīṃkarmaphaleṣuphaleṣujuṣṭāmām| durgāṃdevīṃśaraṇamahaṃprapadyesutarasi tarasenamaḥ| sutarasi tarasenamaḥ||12 durgādurgeṣuṣusthāneṣuthāneṣuśaṃnodevīrabhiṣṭaye ye| yaimaṃdurgāstavaṃtavaṃpuṇyaṃyaṃrātraurātrausadāpaṭhet||13 rātriḥkuśikasobharo rātrirvābhāradvājīājīrātristavogāyatrīī| rātarīsūktaṃṃjapennityaṃyaṃtatkālamupapadyatete||14 ulūkayātuṃśīśīlūkayātuṃjahi śvayātumutamutakokayātumm| suparṇayātumutamutagṛdhrayātuṃdṛṣadevaṣadevapramṛṇamṛṇarakṣaindra||15 rātrisūktamm piśaṅgabhṛṣaṭimambhṛṇaṃṛṇaṃpiśācimindrasaṃmṛṇa| sarvaṃrakṣonibarhaya ||16 himasya tvāvājarāyuṇāśālepari vyayāmasi| (utahradohinodhiyognirdadātubheṣajam) ||17 śīśītahrado hinodhiyognirdadātubheṣajam| antikāmagnimajanayamajanayadūrvādaḥdaḥśīśīlāgamat||18 ajātaputrapakṣāyā āyāhṛdayaṃdayaṃmamadūyate| vipulaṃpulaṃvanaṃbahvākāśaṃākāśaṃcarajātavedaḥkāmāya||19 māṃcarakṣaputrāṃścaśaraṇamabhūttava| piṅgākṣalohitagrīvīvakṛṣṇavarṇanamo'stu te||20 asmānnibarharasyenāṃyenāṃsāgarasyormayo yathā| indraḥkṣatraṃ dadātuvarūṇamabhiṣiñcatu||21 śatravonidhanaṃdhanaṃyāntujayatvaṃvaṃbrahmatejasātejasā||22 kapilajaṭīṃṃsarvabhakṣaṃcāgniṃpratyakṣadaivatam||23 varuṇaṃṇaṃcavaśāmyagremamaputrāṃścarakṣatu (mamaputrāṃścarakṣatvonnamaḥmaḥ) ||24 sāgraṃvarṣaśataṃśataṃjīvapiba khādacamodadaca||25 du:khitāṃścadvijāṃścaivaivaprajāṃjāṃcapaśupālaya||26 yāvadādityastapati yāvadbhrājaticandramāḥmāḥ| yāvadvāyuḥāyuḥplavāyatitāvajjīvīvajayājaya||27 yenakenaprakāreṇakāreṇakohināmanujīvati | pareṣāmupakārārthaṃ yajjīvatisajīvati | etāṃvaiśvānarīṃsarvadevānnamo'stute||28 nacorabhayaṃrabhayaṃnacasarpabhayaṃbhayaṃnacavyāghrabhayaṃbhayaṃnacamṛtyubhayamyubhayam| yasyāpamṛtyurnacamṛtyuḥyuḥsarvaṃlabhatesarvaṃjayate||29 oṃśāntiḥḥśāntiḥḥśāntiḥḥ|| ||iti pariśiṣṭamm|| iti rātrisūktamm| rātrisūktamm
About this suktam
Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.
How to chant
Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.
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