Rig Veda 8.18.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 18, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.18

Devata: Ādityas (collective), with emphasis on their grace (súmna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इदं ह नूनमेषां सुम्नं भिक्षेत मर्त्यः । आदित्यानामपूर्व्यं सवीमनि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.18.1

Transliteration

idáṃ ha nūnám eṣāṃ súmnaṃ bhíkṣeta mártyaḥ | ādityā́nām apū́rvyaṃ savī́mani ||

Translation

So möge nun der Sterbliche um diese Gnade der Ādityas bitten—nie zuvor gewährt, unbesiegt, in ihrer bewegenden Kraft stets sieghaft.

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (object of भिक्षेत)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ह: indeed, surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (nipāta)

• नूनम्: now, indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (avyaya)

• एषाम्: of these (gods)
• एषाम्: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of these’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सुम्नम्: favor, grace
• सुम्नम्: Karma (object of भिक्षेत)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न (prātipadika)

• भिक्षेत: should beg/seek
• भिक्षेत: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भिक्ष् (भिक्षँ) / √भिक्ष (to beg, request)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Kartā (subject of भिक्षेत)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (prātipadika)

• आदित्यानाम्: of the Ādityas
• आदित्यानाम्: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the Ādityas’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (prātipadika)

• अपूरव्यम्: unprecedented, not formerly attained
• अपूरव्यम्: Karma (qualifier of the object sought)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपूरव्य (prātipadika; Vedic adj.)

• सवीमनि: in the course of impelling/quickening; in the onward drive (contextual)
• सवीमनि: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/at …’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवीमन (prātipadika; Vedic noun)