Rigveda 8.18

8.18.1

इ॒दं ह॑ नू॒नमे॑षां सु॒म्नं भि॑क्षेत॒ मर्त्य॑: | आ॒दि॒त्याना॒मपू॑र्व्यं॒ सवी॑मनि ||

Now let the mortal offer prayer to win the unexampled grace Of these Ādityas and their aid to cherish life.

8.18.2

अ॒न॒र्वाणो॒ ह्ये॑षां॒ पन्था॑ आदि॒त्याना॑म् | अद॑ब्धा॒: सन्ति॑ पा॒यव॑: सुगे॒वृध॑: ||

For not an enemy molests the paths which these Ādityas tread: Infallible guards, they strengthen us in happiness.

8.18.3

तत्सु न॑: 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.

8.18.4

दे॒वेभि॑र्देव्यदि॒तेऽरि॑ष्टभर्म॒न्ना ग॑हि | स्मत्सू॒रिभि॑: 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.

8.18.5

ते हि पु॒त्रासो॒ अदि॑तेर्वि॒दुर्द्वेषां॑सि॒ योत॑वे | अं॒होश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑योऽने॒हस॑: ||

For well these Sons of Aditi know to keep enmities aloof, Unrivalled, giving ample room, they save from woe.

8.18.6

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!

8.18.7

उ॒त स्या नो॒ दिवा॑ म॒तिरदि॑तिरू॒त्या ग॑मत् | सा शंता॑ति॒ मय॑स्कर॒दप॒ स्रिध॑: ||

And in the day our hymn is this: May Aditi come nigh to help, With loving-kindness bring us weal and chase our foes.

8.18.8

उ॒त त्या दैव्या॑ भि॒षजा॒ शं न॑: करतो अ॒श्विना॑ | यु॒यु॒याता॑मि॒तो रपो॒ अप॒ स्रिध॑: ||

And may the Aśvins, the divine Pair of Physicians, send us health: May they remove iniquity and chase our foes.

8.18.9

शम॒ग्निर॒ग्निभि॑: कर॒च्छं न॑स्तपतु॒ सूर्य॑: | शं वातो॑ वात्वर॒पा अप॒ स्रिध॑: ||

May Agni bless us with his fires, and Sūrya warm us pleasantly: May the pure Wind breathe sweet on us, and chase our foes.

8.18.10

अपामी॑वा॒मप॒ स्रिध॒मप॑ सेधत दुर्म॒तिम् | आदि॑त्यासो यु॒योत॑ना नो॒ अंह॑सः ||

Drive ye disease and strife away, drive ye away malignity: Ādityas, keep us ever far from sore distress.

8.18.11

यु॒योता॒ शरु॑म॒स्मदाँ आदि॑त्यास उ॒ताम॑तिम् | ऋध॒ग्द्वेष॑: कृणुत विश्ववेदसः ||

Remove from us the arrow, keep famine, Ādityas! far away: Keep enmities afar from us, Lords of all wealth!

8.18.12

तत्सु न॒: शर्म॑ यच्छ॒ताऽऽदि॑त्या॒ यन्मुमो॑चति | एन॑स्वन्तं चि॒देन॑सः सुदानवः ||

Now, O Ādityas, grant to us the shelter that lets man go free, Yea, even the sinner from his sin, ye Bounteous Gods 1

8.18.13

यो न॒: कश्चि॒द्रिरि॑क्षति रक्ष॒स्त्वेन॒ मर्त्य॑: | स्वैः ष एवै॑ रिरिषीष्ट॒ युर्जन॑: ||

Whatever mortal with the powe r of demons fain would injure us, May he, impetuous, suffer harm by his own deeds.

8.18.14

समित्तम॒घम॑श्नवद्दु॒:शंसं॒ 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.

8.18.15

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.

8.18.16

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.

8.18.17

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.

8.18.18

तु॒चे तना॑य॒ तत्सु नो॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ | आदि॑त्यासः सुमहसः कृ॒णोत॑न ||

Ādityas, ye Most Mighty Ones, grant to our children and their seed Extended term of life that they may live long days.

8.18.19

य॒ज्ञो ही॒ळो वो॒ अन्त॑र॒ आदि॑त्या॒ अस्ति॑ मृ॒ळत॑ | यु॒ष्मे इद्वो॒ अपि॑ ष्मसि सजा॒त्ये॑ ||

Sacrifice, O Ādityas, is your inward monitor: be kind, For in the bond of kindred we are bound to you.

8.18.20

बृ॒हद्वरू॑थं म॒रुतां॑ दे॒वं त्रा॒तार॑म॒श्विना॑ | मि॒त्रमी॑महे॒ वरु॑णं स्व॒स्तये॑ ||

The Maruts’ high protecting aid, the Aśvins, and the God who saves, Mitra and Varuṇa for weal we supplicate.

8.18.21

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.

8.18.22

ये चि॒द्धि मृ॒त्युब॑न्धव॒ आदि॑त्या॒ मन॑व॒: स्मसि॑ | प्र सू न॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ तिरेतन ||

And as we human beings, O Ādityas, are akin to death, Graciously lengthen ye our lives that we may live.