Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·8·8.18
इदं ह नूनम् एषां सुम्नम् भिक्षेत मर्त्यः । आदित्यानाम् अपूर्व्यं सवीमनि ॥
idaṃ ha nūnam eṣāṃ sumnam bhikṣeta martyaḥ | ādityānām apūrvyaṃ savīmani ||
Now let the mortal offer prayer to win the unexampled grace Of these Adityas and their aid to cherish life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनर्वाणो ह्य् एषाम् पन्था आदित्यानाम् । अदब्धाः सन्ति पायवः सुगेवृधः ॥
anarvāṇo hy eṣām panthā ādityānām | adabdhāḥ santi pāyavaḥ sugevṛdhaḥ ||
For not an enemy molests the paths which these Adityas tread: Infallible guards, they strengthen us in happiness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तत् सु नः सविता भगो वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । शर्म यच्छन्तु सप्रथो यद् ईमहे ॥
tat su naḥ savitā bhago varuṇo mitro aryamā | śarma yacchantu sapratho yad īmahe ||
Now soon may Bhaga, Savitar, Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman Give us the shelter widely spread which we implore.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
देवेभिर् देव्य् अदिते ऽरिष्टभर्मन्न् आ गहि । स्मत् सूरिभिः पुरुप्रिये सुशर्मभिः ॥
devebhir devy adite 'riṣṭabharmann ā gahi | smat sūribhiḥ purupriye suśarmabhiḥ ||
With Gods come thou whose fostering care none checks, O Goddesss Aditi: Come, dear to many, with the Lords who guard us well.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते हि पुत्रासो अदितेर् विदुर् द्वेषांसि योतवे । अंहोश् चिद् उरुचक्रयो ऽनेहसः ॥
te hi putrāso aditer vidur dveṣāṃsi yotave | aṃhoś cid urucakrayo 'nehasaḥ ||
For well these Sons of Aditi know to keep enmities aloof, Unrivalled, giving ample room, they save from woe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अदितिर् नो दिवा पशुम् अदितिर् नक्तम् अद्वयाः । अदितिः पात्व् अंहसः सदावृधा ॥
aditir no divā paśum aditir naktam advayāḥ | aditiḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ sadāvṛdhā ||
Aditi guard our herd by day, Aditi, free from guile, by night, Aditi, ever strengthening, save us from grief!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्या नो दिवा मतिर् अदितिर् ऊत्या गमत् । सा शन्ताति मयस् करद् अप स्रिधः ॥
uta syā no divā matir aditir ūtyā gamat | sā śantāti mayas karad apa sridhaḥ ||
And in the day our hymn is this: May Aditi come nigh to help, With loving-kindness bring us weal and chase our foes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत त्या दैव्या भिषजा शं नः करतो अश्विना । युयुयाताम् इतो रपो अप स्रिधः ॥
uta tyā daivyā bhiṣajā śaṃ naḥ karato aśvinā | yuyuyātām ito rapo apa sridhaḥ ||
And may the Asvins, the divine Pair of Physicians, send us health: May they remove iniquity and chase our foes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शम् अग्निर् अग्निभिः करच् छं नस् तपतु सूर्यः । शं वातो वात्व् अरपा अप स्रिधः ॥
śam agnir agnibhiḥ karac chaṃ nas tapatu sūryaḥ | śaṃ vāto vātv arapā apa sridhaḥ ||
May Agni bless us with his fires, and Surya warm us pleasantly: May the pure Wind breathe sweet on us, and chase our foes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अपामीवाम् अप स्रिधम् अप सेधत दुर्मतिम् । आदित्यासो युयोतना नो अंहसः ॥
apāmīvām apa sridham apa sedhata durmatim | ādityāso yuyotanā no aṃhasaḥ ||
Drive ye disease and strife away, drive ye away malignity: Adityas, keep us ever far from sore distress.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युयोता शरुम् अस्मद् आं आदित्यास उतामतिम् । ऋधग् द्वेषः कृणुत विश्ववेदसः ॥
yuyotā śarum asmad āṃ ādityāsa utāmatim | ṛdhag dveṣaḥ kṛṇuta viśvavedasaḥ ||
Remove from us the arrow, keep famine, Adityas! far away: Keep enmities afar from us, Lords of all wealth!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तत् सु नः शर्म यच्छतादित्या यन् मुमोचति । एनस्वन्तं चिद् एनसः सुदानवः ॥
tat su naḥ śarma yacchatādityā yan mumocati | enasvantaṃ cid enasaḥ sudānavaḥ ||
Now, O Adityas, grant to us the shelter that lets man go free, Yea, even the sinner from his sin, ye Bounteous Gods 1
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो नः कश् चिद् रिरिक्षति रक्षस्त्वेन मर्त्यः । स्वैः ष एवै रिरिषीष्ट युर् जनः ॥
yo naḥ kaś cid ririkṣati rakṣastvena martyaḥ | svaiḥ ṣa evai ririṣīṣṭa yur janaḥ ||
Whatever mortal with the powe r of demons fain would injure us, May he, impetuous, suffer harm by his own deeds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सम् इत् तम् अघम् अश्नवद् दुःशंसम् मर्त्यं रिपुम् । यो अस्मत्रा दुर्हणावां उप द्वयुः ॥
sam it tam agham aśnavad duḥśaṃsam martyaṃ ripum | yo asmatrā durhaṇāvāṃ upa dvayuḥ ||
May sin o'ertake our human foe, the man who speaketh evil thing, Him who would cause our misery, whose heart is false.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पाकत्रा स्थन देवा हृत्सु जानीथ मर्त्यम् । उप द्वयुं चाद्वयुं च वसवः ॥
pākatrā sthana devā hṛtsu jānītha martyam | upa dvayuṃ cādvayuṃ ca vasavaḥ ||
Gods, ye are with the simple ones, ye know each mortal in your hearts; Ye, Vasus, well discriminate the false and true.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ शर्म पर्वतानाम् ओतापां वृणीमहे । द्यावाक्षामारे अस्मद् रपस् कृतम् ॥
ā śarma parvatānām otāpāṃ vṛṇīmahe | dyāvākṣāmāre asmad rapas kṛtam ||
Fain would we have the sheltering aid of mountains and of water-floods: Keep far from us iniquity, O Heaven and Earth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते नो भद्रेण शर्मणा युष्माकं नावा वसवः । अति विश्वानि दुरिता पिपर्तन ॥
te no bhadreṇa śarmaṇā yuṣmākaṃ nāvā vasavaḥ | ati viśvāni duritā pipartana ||
So with auspicious sheltering aid do ye, O Vasus, carry us Beyond all trouble and distress, borne in your ship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तुचे तनाय तत् सु नो द्राघीय आयुर् जीवसे । आदित्यासः सुमहसः कृणोतन ॥
tuce tanāya tat su no drāghīya āyur jīvase | ādityāsaḥ sumahasaḥ kṛṇotana ||
Adityas, ye Most Mighty Ones, grant to our children and their seed Extended term of life that they may live long days.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यज्ञो हीळो वो अन्तर आदित्या अस्ति मृळत । युष्मे इद् वो अपि ष्मसि सजात्ये ॥
yajño hīḷo vo antara ādityā asti mṛḷata | yuṣme id vo api ṣmasi sajātye ||
Sacrifice, O Adityas, is your inward monitor: be kind, For in the bond of kindred we are bound to you.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
बृहद् वरूथम् मरुतां देवं त्रातारम् अश्विना । मित्रम् ईमहे वरुणं स्वस्तये ॥
bṛhad varūtham marutāṃ devaṃ trātāram aśvinā | mitram īmahe varuṇaṃ svastaye ||
The Maruts' high protecting aid, the Asvins, and the God who saves, Mitra and Varuna for weal we supplicate.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनेहो मित्रार्यमन् नृवद् वरुण शंस्यम् । त्रिवरूथम् मरुतो यन्त नश् छर्दिः ॥
aneho mitrāryaman nṛvad varuṇa śaṃsyam | trivarūtham maruto yanta naś chardiḥ ||
Grant us a home with triple guard, Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna! Unthreatened, Maruts! meet for praise, and filled with men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये चिद् धि मृत्युबन्धव आदित्या मनवः स्मसि । प्र सू न आयुर् जीवसे तिरेतन ॥
ye cid dhi mṛtyubandhava ādityā manavaḥ smasi | pra sū na āyur jīvase tiretana ||
And as we human beings, O Adityas, are akin to death, Graciously lengthen ye our lives that we may live.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)