Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.18
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8.18.1
इ॒दं ह॑ नू॒नमे॑षां सु॒म्नं भि॑क्षेत॒ मर्त्यः॑ ।
आ॒दि॒त्याना॒मपू॑र्व्यं॒ सवी॑मनि ॥
Let this mortal now beg happiness from these Ādityas, in their unprecedented impulsion.
8.18.2
अ॒न॒र्वाणो॒ ह्ये॑षां॒ पन्था॑ आदि॒त्याना॑म् ।
अद॑ब्धाः॒ सन्ति॑ पा॒यवः॑ सुगे॒वृधः॑ ॥
Unobstructed is the path of these Ādityas, for they are inviolable guardians who well further welfare.
8.18.3
तत्सु नः॑ सवि॒ता भगो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा ।
शर्म॑ यच्छन्तु स॒प्रथो॒ यदीम॑हे ॥
May Savitṛ, Bhaga, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman grant us that blessing well, a broad shelter, which we beg for.
8.18.4
दे॒वेभि॑र्देव्यदि॒तेऽरि॑ष्टभर्म॒न्ना ग॑हि ।
स्मत्सू॒रिभिः॑ पुरुप्रिये सु॒शर्म॑भिः ॥
O goddess Aditi, O you of harmless bearing, come hither with the gods; O much-beloved, with the singers and with the good shelters.
8.18.5
ते हि पु॒त्रासो॒ अदि॑तेर्वि॒दुर्द्वेषां॑सि॒ योत॑वे ।
अं॒होश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑यः अने॒हसः॑ ॥
They, sons of Aditi, know how to remove enmities; even from evil and distress they are wide-moving and sinless.
8.18.6
अदि॑तिर्नो॒ दिवा॑ प॒शुमदि॑ति॒र्नक्त॒मद्व॑याः ।
अदि॑तिः पा॒त्वंह॑सः स॒दावृ॑धा ॥
Aditi, by day, and Aditi, by night, let her protect our herds undivided; may Aditi, ever-growing, shield us from sin.
8.18.7
उ॒त स्या नो॒ दिवा॑ म॒तिरदि॑तिरू॒त्या ग॑मत् ।
सा शंता॑ति॒ मय॑स्कर॒दप॒ स्रिधः॑ ॥
And may that thought of Aditi come to us by day with protection; may she bring comfort and make the malicious ones go far away.
8.18.8
उ॒त त्या दैव्या॑ भि॒षजा॒ शं नः॑ करतो अ॒श्विना॑ ।
यु॒यु॒याता॑मि॒तो रपो॒ अप॒ स्रिधः॑ ॥
May those two divine physicians, the Aśvins, bring us welfare; may they two drive away affliction from here and drive off the malicious ones.
8.18.9
शम॒ग्निर॒ग्निभिः॑ कर॒च्शं न॑स्तपतु॒ सूर्यः॑ ।
शं वातो॑ वात्वर॒पा अप॒ स्रिधः॑ ॥
May Agni with the fires bring us welfare; may the sun warm us in comfort; may the wind blow us welfare, and may the harmless wind drive off the malicious ones.
8.18.10
अपामी॑वा॒मप॒ स्रिध॒मप॑ सेधत दुर्म॒तिम् ।
आदि॑त्यासो यु॒योत॑ना नो॒ अंह॑सः ॥
Drive away sickness, drive away hostility; cast away the evil thought. O Ādityas, release us from sin.
8.18.11
यु॒योता॒ शरु॑म॒स्मदाँ आदि॑त्यास उ॒ताम॑तिम् ।
ऋध॒ग्द्वेषः॑ कृणुत विश्ववेदसः ॥
O Ādityas, release affliction from us, and the hostile thought too. O all-knowing ones, set the haters apart from us.
8.18.12
तत्सु नः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॒तादि॑त्या॒ यन्मुमो॑चति ।
एन॑स्वन्तं चि॒देन॑सः सुदानवः ॥
O Ādityas, grant us that shelter well, which may release even the sinner from sin. O bountiful givers!
8.18.13
यो नः॒ कश्चि॒द्रिरि॑क्षति रक्ष॒स्त्वेन॒ मर्त्यः॑ ।
स्वैः ष एवै॑ रिरिषीष्ट॒ युर्जनः॑ ॥
Whatever mortal, by a demonic nature, wishes to harm us, may he be destroyed together with his own kin by the gods.
8.18.14
समित्तम॒घम॑श्नवद्दुः॒शंसं॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒पुम् ।
यो अ॑स्म॒त्रा दु॒र्हणा॑वाँ॒ उप॑ द्व॒युः ॥
May that evil-speaking mortal enemy, who turns away from us, acts with hard treachery, and walks a double path, indeed attain that very evil.
8.18.15
पा॒क॒त्रा स्थ॑न देवा हृ॒त्सु जा॑नीथ॒ मर्त्य॑म् ।
उप॑ द्व॒युं चाद्व॑युं च वसवः ॥
O gods, you stand in both ways; in hearts you know the mortal, the double-minded and also the single-minded, O Vasus.
8.18.16
आ शर्म॒ पर्व॑ताना॒मोतापां वृ॑णीमहे ।
द्यावा॑क्षामा॒रे अ॒स्मद्रप॑स्कृतम् ॥
We choose the shelter of the mountains and the shelter of the waters; O Heaven and Earth, make evil far from us.
8.18.17
ते नो॑ भ॒द्रेण॒ शर्म॑णा यु॒ष्माकं॑ ना॒वा व॑सवः ।
अति॒ विश्वा॑नि दुरि॒ता पि॑पर्तन ॥
O Vasus, may you, with your gracious shelter and with your ship, carry us across all difficulties.
8.18.18
तु॒चे तना॑य॒ तत्सु नो॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ ।
आदि॑त्यासः सुमहसः कृ॒णोत॑न ॥
For growing and extending, grant us that long life well, for living; O sons of Aditi, O very great ones, make it so.
8.18.19
य॒ज्ञो ही॒ळो वो॒ अन्त॑र॒ आदि॑त्या॒ अस्ति॑ मृ॒ळत॑ ।
यु॒ष्मे इद्वो॒ अपि॑ ष्मसि सजा॒त्ये॑ ॥
O Ādityas, the sacrifice and the hymn are within you; be gracious. Indeed it is with you that we stand among our own kin.
8.18.20
बृ॒हद्वरू॑थं म॒रुतां॑ दे॒वं त्रा॒तार॑म॒श्विना॑ ।
मि॒त्रमी॑महे॒ वरु॑णं स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
For the great protection of the Maruts, for the two Aśvins, the god-protectors, I call upon Mitra and Varuṇa for well-being.
8.18.21
अ॒ने॒हो मि॑त्रार्यमन्नृ॒वद्व॑रुण॒ शंस्य॑म् ।
त्रि॒वरू॑थं मरुतो यन्त नश्च्छ॒र्दिः ॥
O sinless Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa, praiseworthy with men, O Maruts, come to us with threefold protection; grant us shelter.
8.18.22
ये चि॒द्धि मृ॒त्युब॑न्धव॒ आदि॑त्या॒ मन॑वः॒ स्मसि॑ ।
प्र सू न॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ तिरेतन ॥
We who are indeed bound to death, we men, O Ādityas, extend our life onward so that we may live.