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 ॥
Transliteration
idáṃ ha nūnám eṣāṃ súmnaṃ bhíkṣeta mártyaḥ | ādityā́nām apū́rvyaṃ savī́mani ||
Translation
いまこそ、死すべき者は彼らの恩寵を乞い願え——アーディティヤ（Ādityas）のそれを——その進みゆく力において未曾有にして、つねに勝利するものを。
Word by Word
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (object of भिक्षेत)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (nipāta)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (avyaya)
एषाम्of these (gods)
एषाम्:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of these’)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
सुम्नम्favor, grace
सुम्नम्:
Karma (object of भिक्षेत)
TypeNoun
Rootसुम्न (prātipadika)
भिक्षेतshould beg/seek
भिक्षेत:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√भिक्ष् (भिक्षँ) / √भिक्ष (to beg, request)
मर्त्यःa mortal
मर्त्यः:
Kartā (subject of भिक्षेत)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (prātipadika)
आदित्यानाम्of the Ādityas
आदित्यानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the Ādityas’)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (prātipadika)
अपूरव्यम्unprecedented, not formerly attained
अपूरव्यम्:
Karma (qualifier of the object sought)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपूरव्य (prātipadika; Vedic adj.)
सवीमनिin the course of impelling/quickening; in the onward drive (contextual)
सवीमनि:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/at …’)
TypeNoun
Rootसवीमन (prātipadika; Vedic noun)
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