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Book 8 >> HYMN 18 - Adityas
इदं ह नूनमेषां सुम्नं भिक्षेत मर्त्यः |
आदित्यानामपूर्व्यं सवीमनि
आदित्यानामपूर्व्यं सवीमनि
English:- . Now let the mortal offer prayer to win the unexampled grace
Of these Ādityas and their aid to cherish life.
Of these Ādityas and their aid to cherish life.
अनर्वाणो हयेषां पन्था आदित्यानाम |
अदब्धाः सन्ति पायवः सुगेव्र्धः
English:- For not an enemy molests the paths which these Ādityas tread:
Infallible guards, they strengthen us in happiness.
Infallible guards, they strengthen us in happiness.
तत सु नः सविता भगो वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा |
शर्म यछन्तु सप्रथो यदीमहे
English:- Now soon may Bhaga, Savitar, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman
Give us the shelter widely spread which we implore.
Give us the shelter widely spread which we implore.
देवेभिर्देव्यदिते.अरिष्टभर्मन्ना गहि |
समत सूरिभिः पुरुप्रिये सुशर्मभिः
English:- With Gods come thou whose fostering care none checks, O Goddesss Aditi:
Come, dear to many, with the Lords who guard us well.
Come, dear to many, with the Lords who guard us well.
ते हि पुत्रासो अदितेर्विदुर्द्वेषांसि योतवे |
अंहोश्चिदुरुचक्रयो.अनेहसः
English:- For well these Sons of Aditi know to keep enmities aloof,
Unrivalled, giving ample room, they save from woe.
Unrivalled, giving ample room, they save from woe.
अदितिर्नो दिवा पशुमदितिर्नक्तमद्वयाः |
अदितिः पात्वंहसः सदाव्र्धा
English:- Aditi guard our herd by day, Aditi, free from guile, by night,
Aditi, ever strengthening, save us from grief!
Aditi, ever strengthening, save us from grief!
उत सया नो दिवा मतिरदितिरूत्या गमत |
सा शन्ताति मयस करदप सरिधः
English:- And in the day our hymn is this: May Aditi come nigh to help,
With loving-kindness bring us weal and chase our foes.
With loving-kindness bring us weal and chase our foes.
उत तया दैव्या भिषजा शं नः करतो अश्विना |
युयुयातामितो रपो अप सरिधः
English:- And may the Aśvins, the divine Pair of Physicians, send us health:
May they remove iniquity and chase our foes.
May they remove iniquity and chase our foes.
शमग्निरग्निभिः करच्छं नस्तपतु सूर्यः |
शं वातो वात्वरपा अप सरिधः
English:- May Agni bless us with his fires, and Sūrya warm us pleasantly:
May the pure Wind breathe sweet on us, and chase our foes.
May the pure Wind breathe sweet on us, and chase our foes.
अपामीवामप सरिधमप सेधत दुर्मतिम |
आदित्यासो युयोतना नो अंहसः
English:- Drive ye disease and strife away, drive ye away malignity:
Ādityas, keep us ever far from sore distress.
Ādityas, keep us ever far from sore distress.
युयोता शरुमस्मदानादित्यास उतामतिम |
रधग दवेषःक्र्णुत विश्ववेदसः
English:- Remove from us the arrow, keep famine, Ādityas! far away:
Keep enmities afar from us, Lords of all wealth!
Keep enmities afar from us, Lords of all wealth!
तत सु नः शर्म यछतादित्या यन मुमोचति |
एनस्वन्तं चिदेनसः सुदानवः
English:- Now, O Ādityas, grant to us the shelter that lets man go free,
Yea, even the sinner from his sin, ye Bounteous Gods 1
Yea, even the sinner from his sin, ye Bounteous Gods 1
यो नः कश्चिद रिरिक्षति रक्षस्त्वेन मर्त्यः |
सवैः षेवै रिरिषीष्ट युर्जनः
English:- Whatever mortal with the powe r of demons fain would injure us,
May he, impetuous, suffer harm by his own deeds.
May he, impetuous, suffer harm by his own deeds.
समित तमघमश्नवद दुःशंसं मर्त्यं रिपुम |
यो अस्मत्रा दुर्हणावानुप दवयुः
English:- May sin o'ertake our human foe, the man who speaketh evil thing,
Him who would cause our misery, whose heart is false.
Him who would cause our misery, whose heart is false.
पाकत्रा सथन देवा हर्त्सु जानीथ मर्त्यम |
उप दवयुं चाद्वयुं च वसवः
English:- Gods, ye are with the simple ones, ye know each mortal in your hearts;
Ye, Vasus, well discriminate the false and true.
Ye, Vasus, well discriminate the false and true.
आ शर्म पर्वतानामोतापां वर्णीमहे |
दयावाक्षामारे अस्मद रपस कर्तम
English:- Fain would we have the sheltering aid of mountains and of water-floods:
Keep far from us iniquity, O Heaven and Earth.
Keep far from us iniquity, O Heaven and Earth.
ते नो भद्रेण शर्मणा युष्माकं नावा वसवः |
अति विश्वानि दुरिता पिपर्तन
English:- So with auspicious sheltering aid do ye, O Vasus, carry us
Beyond all trouble and distress, borne in your ship.
Beyond all trouble and distress, borne in your ship.
तुचे तनाय तत सु नो दराघीय आयुर्जीवसे |
आदित्यासःसुमहसः कर्णोतन
English:- Ādityas, ye Most Mighty Ones, grant to our children and their seed
Extended term of life that they may live long days.
Extended term of life that they may live long days.
यज्ञो हीळो वो अन्तर आदित्या अस्ति मर्ळत |
युष्मे इद वो अपि षमसि सजात्ये
English:- Sacrifice, O Ādityas, is your inward monitor: be kind,
For in the bond of kindred we are bound to you.
For in the bond of kindred we are bound to you.
बर्हद वरूथं मरुतां देवं तरातारमश्विना |
मित्रमीमहे वरुणं सवस्तये
English:- The Maruts' high protecting aid, the Aśvins, and the God who saves,
Mitra and Varuṇa for weal we supplicate.
Mitra and Varuṇa for weal we supplicate.
अनेहो मित्रार्यमन नर्वद वरुण शंस्यम |
तरिवरूथं मरुतो यन्त नश्छर्दिः
English:- Grant us a home with triple guard, Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa!
Unthreatened, Maruts! meet for praise, and filled with men.
Unthreatened, Maruts! meet for praise, and filled with men.
ये चिद धि मर्त्युबन्धव आदित्या मनवः समसि |
पर सू नायुर्जीवसे तिरेतन
English:- And as we human beings, O Ādityas, are akin to death,
Graciously lengthen ye our lives that we may live.
Graciously lengthen ye our lives that we may live.