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\engtitle{.. ArAtrikam A Night Ritual ..}##
\itxtitle{.. ArAtrikam atharvaNe parishiShTe ..}##\endtitles ##
OM na suShvApa purA shakro dAnavAnAM purodhasA |
prayuktairauShadhairyogairmantrANAM japahomataH || 7\.1\.1||
praNipatya bR^ihaspatimatharvANaM purandaraH |
dAnavaiH paribhUto.ahaM trAhimAmityuvAcha ha || 2||
tato.asAvevamuktastu prabhUtabalavardhanam |
ArogyadaM bhUtikaraM kShudropadravanAshanam || 3||
ArAtrikaM hi kartavyaM tasya trAtumidaM tadA |
kR^itvA piShTamayaM dIpaM suvartisnehasaMyutam || 4||
atinihaH prAnyAniti dvAbhyAmenaM pradIpayet |
pAtre sapuShpe saMsthApya sarShapAMshcha sahAkShataiH || 5||
priya~Ngu shatapuShpAM cha dUrvA chaiva shatAvarIm |
sapApahAriNIM bhUtiM tatraiva cha baliM nyaset || 6||
apsarobhIH parivR^ito gururgatvA purandaram |
prAptAsattvaM sumanasamAsane pramukhaM sthitam || 7||
preto yantvekashataM cha dIpaM samabhimantrayet |
triH paribhrAmayedrAj~no mantriNAtha suma~Ngalam || 8||
shAmyantyasya tato rogA grahA vighnavinAyakAH |
svastyastu nR^iparAShTrAya svastigobrahmaNAya cha || 9||
tatastu sha~NkhadhvaninA dIpaM gR^ihItvA
sa toyadhArAmprayato.api nirharet |
purohito jyotiShiko.api vA svayaM
hitaiShiNI dhAtryathavopakAritA || 7\.1\.10||
AchAmyAtha ha rAjAnamAchamyAdau purohitaH |
brAhmaNAya yathAshakti rukmaM prAtaH pradApayet || 11||
mUlakarmAdikaM tasya pa~nchaguhyakakAritam |
bhayaM rAj~no na bhavati tejo vIryaM cha vardhate || 12||
evaM vidhAnamakhilaM vihitaM yathAvade\-
tatsamastashubhadaM gaditaM nR^ipANAm |
naivApadaH samupayAnti nR^ipaM
kadAchidArAtrikaM pratinishaM kriyate tu yasya || 13||

ityArAtrikaM samAptam || 7||

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Night ritual.
Atharvaveda Parishishta/Appendix 7 (See the reference in the link below) has this ritual described.
A night ritual whose main feature is that three circumambulations of the lamp are made around the king on all sides.
In the present appendix, this story comes that when the demon-priest, through his sinful actions, afflicted Indra with the disease of sleeplessness, then for the protection of Indra, Brihaspati Atharvan devised this ritual and its procedure.
This is a ritual, procedure and not in the form a familiar Arati, offering of light to a deity like "jaya jagadIsha hare".  The word ArAtrika means "the light (or the vessel containing it) which is waved at night before an idol."

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