DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 18
Containing 22 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 22
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इ॒दं ह॑ नू॒नमे॑षां सु॒म्नं भि॑क्षेत॒ मर्त्यः॑ आ॒दि॒त्याना॒मपू॑र्व्यं॒ सवी॑मनि
"Now let the mortal offer prayer to win the unexampled grace Of these Âdityas and their aid to cherish life."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 22
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अ॒न॒र्वाणो॒ ह्ये॑षां॒ पन्था॑ आदि॒त्याना॑म् अद॑ब्धाः॒ सन्ति॑ पा॒यवः॑ सुगे॒वृधः॑
"For not an enemy molests the paths which these Âdityas tread: Infallible guards, they strengthen us in happiness."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 22
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तत्सु नः॑ सवि॒ता भगो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा शर्म॑ यच्छन्तु स॒प्रथो॒ यदीम॑हे
"Now soon may Bhaga, Savitar, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman Give us the shelter widely spread which we implore."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 22
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दे॒वेभि॑र्देव्यदि॒तेऽरि॑ष्टभर्म॒न्ना ग॑हि स्मत्सू॒रिभिः॑ पुरुप्रिये सु॒शर्म॑भिः
"With Gods come thou whose fostering care none checks, O Goddesss Aditi: Come, dear to many, with the Lords who guard us well."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 22
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ते हि पु॒त्रासो॒ अदि॑तेर्वि॒दुर्द्वेषां॑सि॒ योत॑वे अं॒होश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑योऽने॒हसः॑
"For well these Sons of Aditi know to keep enmities aloof, Unrivalled, giving ample room, they save from woe."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 22
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अदि॑तिर्नो॒ दिवा॑ प॒शुमदि॑ति॒र्नक्त॒मद्व॑याः अदि॑तिः पा॒त्वंह॑सः स॒दावृ॑धा
"Aditi guard our herd by day, Aditi, free from guile, by night, Aditi, ever strengthening, save us from grief!"
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 22
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उ॒त स्या नो॒ दिवा॑ म॒तिरदि॑तिरू॒त्या ग॑मत् सा शंता॑ति॒ मय॑स्कर॒दप॒ स्रिधः॑
"And in the day our hymn is this: May Aditi come nigh to help, With loving-kindness bring us weal and chase our foes."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 22
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उ॒त त्या दैव्या॑ भि॒षजा॒ शं नः॑ करतो अ॒श्विना॑ यु॒यु॒याता॑मि॒तो रपो॒ अप॒ स्रिधः॑
"And may the Aṣvins, the divine Pair of Physicians, send us health: May they remove iniquity and chase our foes."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 22
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शम॒ग्निर॒ग्निभिः॑ कर॒च्छं न॑स्तपतु॒ सूर्यः॑ शं वातो॑ वात्वर॒पा अप॒ स्रिधः॑
"May Agni bless us with his fires, and Sûrya warm us pleasantly: May the pure Wind breathe sweet on us, and chase our foes."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 22
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अपामी॑वा॒मप॒ स्रिध॒मप॑ सेधत दुर्म॒तिम् आदि॑त्यासो यु॒योत॑ना नो॒ अंह॑सः
"Drive ye disease and strife away, drive ye away malignity: Âdityas, keep us ever far from sore distress."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 22
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यु॒योता॒ शरु॑म॒स्मदाँ आदि॑त्यास उ॒ताम॑तिम् ऋध॒ग्द्वेषः॑ कृणुत विश्ववेदसः
"Remove from us the arrow, keep famine, Âdityas! far away: Keep enmities afar from us, Lords of all wealth!"
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 12
Verse 12 of 22
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तत्सु नः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॒तादि॑त्या॒ यन्मुमो॑चति एन॑स्वन्तं चि॒देन॑सः सुदानवः
"Now, O Âdityas, grant to us the shelter that lets man go free, Yea, even the sinner from his sin, ye Bounteous Gods!"
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 13
Verse 13 of 22
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यो नः॒ कश्चि॒द्रिरि॑क्षति रक्ष॒स्त्वेन॒ मर्त्यः॑ स्वैः ष एवै॑ रिरिषीष्ट॒ युर्जनः॑
"Whatever mortal with the powe r of demons fain would injure us, May he, impetuous, suffer harm by his own deeds."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 14
Verse 14 of 22
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समित्तम॒घम॑श्नवद्दुः॒शंसं॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒पुम् यो अ॑स्म॒त्रा दु॒र्हणा॑वाँ॒ उप॑ द्व॒युः
"May sin o'ertake our human foe, the man who speaketh evil thing, Him who would cause our misery, whose heart is false."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 15
Verse 15 of 22
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पा॒क॒त्रा स्थ॑न देवा हृ॒त्सु जा॑नीथ॒ मर्त्य॑म् उप॑ द्व॒युं चाद्व॑युं च वसवः
"Gods, ye are with the simple ones, ye know each mortal in your hearts; Ye, Vasus, well discriminate the false and true."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 16
Verse 16 of 22
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आ शर्म॒ पर्व॑ताना॒मोतापां वृ॑णीमहे द्यावा॑क्षामा॒रे अ॒स्मद्रप॑स्कृतम्
"Fain would we have the sheltering aid of mountains and of water-floods: Keep far from us iniquity, O Heaven and Earth."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 17
Verse 17 of 22
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ते नो॑ भ॒द्रेण॒ शर्म॑णा यु॒ष्माकं॑ ना॒वा व॑सवः अति॒ विश्वा॑नि दुरि॒ता पि॑पर्तन
"So with auspicious sheltering aid do ye, O Vasus, carry us Beyond all trouble and distress, borne in your ship."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 18
Verse 18 of 22
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तु॒चे तना॑य॒ तत्सु नो॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ आदि॑त्यासः सुमहसः कृ॒णोत॑न
"Âdityas, ye Most Mighty Ones, grant to our children and their seed Extended term of life that they may live long days."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 19
Verse 19 of 22
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य॒ज्ञो ही॒ळो वो॒ अन्त॑र॒ आदि॑त्या॒ अस्ति॑ मृ॒ळत॑ यु॒ष्मे इद्वो॒ अपि॑ ष्मसि सजा॒त्ये॑
"Sacrifice, O Âdityas, is your inward monitor: be kind, For in the bond of kindred we are bound to you."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 20
Verse 20 of 22
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बृ॒हद्वरू॑थं म॒रुतां॑ दे॒वं त्रा॒तार॑म॒श्विना॑ मि॒त्रमी॑महे॒ वरु॑णं स्व॒स्तये॑
"The Maruts' high protecting aid, the Aṣvins, and the God who saves, Mitra and Varuṇa for weal we supplicate."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 21
Verse 21 of 22
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अ॒ने॒हो मि॑त्रार्यमन्नृ॒वद्व॑रुण॒ शंस्य॑म् त्रि॒वरू॑थं मरुतो यन्त नश्छ॒र्दिः
"Grant us a home with triple guard, Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa! Unthreatened, Maruts! meet for praise, and filled with men."
Mandala 8, Hymn 18, Verse 22
Verse 22 of 22
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ये चि॒द्धि मृ॒त्युब॑न्धव॒ आदि॑त्या॒ मन॑वः॒ स्मसि॑ प्र सू न॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ तिरेतन
"And as we human beings, O Âdityas, are akin to death, Graciously lengthen ye our lives that we may live."