सा नो अद्य यस्या वयं नि ते यामन्नविक्ष्महि। वृक्षे न वसतिं वयः ॥ ४ ॥
sā nō adya yasyā vayaṁ ni tē yāmannavikṣmahi | vṛkṣē na vasatiṁ vayaḥ || 4 ||
Translation
May she be kind to us today, at whose coming we have gone to rest, as birds go to their nest in a tree.
Word by word
- sā
- she
- naḥ
- to us
- adya
- today
- yasyāḥ
- at whose
- vayam
- we
- ni … avikṣmahi
- we have gone to rest
- tē
- your
- yāman
- at the coming
- vṛkṣē
- in a tree
- na
- like, as
- vasatim
- nest, dwelling
- vayaḥ
- birds
Meaning
The seer asks for the Goddess’s favour at nightfall. Sleep is pictured as homecoming: all creatures settle into Night’s keeping as birds settle into a tree.