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
हम पहाड़ों की शांति माँगते हैं और पानी की भी। आसमान और धरती, तुम दोनों से यह प्रार्थना है कि बुराई हमसे दूर रखो। जो तकलीफ बनी है, जो दिल को नोचती है, वो हम तक न पहुँचे।
Word by Word
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
शर्मshelter; protection; comfort
शर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन् (prātipadika)
पर्वतानाम्of the mountains
पर्वतानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (prātipadika)
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (nipāta)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (prātipadika)
वृणीमहेwe choose; we seek
वृणीमहे:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणीते)
द्यावाक्षामारेO Heaven-and-Earth
द्यावाक्षामारे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootद्यावाक्षामार (prātipadika; dvandva compound)
अस्मत्of us; our
अस्मत्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun)
रपस्कृतम्made into ‘rapas’ (harm/defect); afflicted; injurious
रपस्कृतम्:
Karma (as qualifier of an implied/understood neuter object, e.g., शर्म)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootरपस्-कृत (kṛdanta from √कृ with noun रपस्)
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