Rig Veda 8.18.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 18, Mantra 16

Sukta 8.18

Devata: Dyāvā-Kṣāmā (Heaven and Earth) with invoked shelters of mountains and waters

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ शर्म पर्वतानामोतापां वृणीमहे । द्यावाक्षामारे अस्मद्रपस्कृतम् ॥

Transliteration

ā́ śárma párvatānām ótā́pāṃ vṛṇīmahe | dyāvākṣāmā ā́re asmád rápaḥ kṛtám ||

Translation

نختارُ سَكينةَ الجبالِ وسَكينةَ المياهِ أيضًا. يا سماءَ وأرضَ، أبعدا عنّا البلاءَ المصنوعَ، والأذى الآكلَ المُحْرِق.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• शर्म: shelter; protection; comfort
• शर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (prātipadika)

• पर्वतानाम्: of the mountains
• पर्वतानाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (prātipadika)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (nipāta)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (prātipadika)

• वृणीमहे: we choose; we seek
• वृणीमहे: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणीते)

• द्यावाक्षामारे: O Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावाक्षामारे: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावाक्षामार (prātipadika; dvandva compound)

• अस्मत्: of us; our
• अस्मत्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• रपस्कृतम्: made into ‘rapas’ (harm/defect); afflicted; injurious
• रपस्कृतम्: Karma (as qualifier of an implied/understood neuter object, e.g., शर्म)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: रपस्-कृत (kṛdanta from √कृ with noun रपस्)