Rig Veda 8.18.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 18, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.18
- Devata
- Aditi
- Rasa
- Shanta (peace) and Adbhuta (wonder)
उत स्या नो दिवा मतिरदितिरूत्या गमत् । सा शंताति मयस्करदप स्रिधः ॥
utá syā́ no divā́ matír adítir ūtyā́ gámāt | sā́ śaṃtā́ti máyas karad ápa srídhaḥ ||
E que essa Aditi, nosso pensamento do dia, venha a nós com seu auxílio; que nos conceda uma paz benfazeja e gere deleite, lançando para longe todas as falhas e as feridas.
Word by Word
- उत
- and; also; moreoverIndeclinableसमुच्चय/अन्वर्थ-निपात (conj./particle)Root उत
- स्या
- she (that one)Pronoun (demonstrative)स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Vedic enclitic/strengthened form)Role KartāRoot तद् (सः/सा/तत्) → सा
- नः
- for us; to usPronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन (enclitic) = ‘of us/for us’Role SampradānaRoot अस्मद्
- दिवा
- by day; in the daytimeNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental/ablatival adverbial: ‘by day’)Role AdhikaraṇaRoot दिव्/द्यौ (दिव्)
- मतिः
- thought; intention; prayerNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot मति- (from √मन् ‘to think’)
- अदितिः
- AditiNoun (deity)स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole Kartā (apposition to ‘स्या … मतिः’)Root अदिति-
- ऊत्या
- with help; with aidNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचनRole KaraṇaRoot ऊति-
- गमत्
- may (she) come; let (her) comeVerbलोट् (Vedic injunctive/aorist-like), परस्मैपद, 3 एकवचनRoot √गम्
- सा
- shePronoun (demonstrative)स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot तद् (सा)
- शंताति
- welfare; prosperity; well-beingNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot शंताति- (शम् + ताति) অথবা शं-ताति
- मयस्करत्
- made (it) delightful/beneficial; bestowed refreshmentVerb (denominative/compound-verb stem)लङ्/इञ्जङ्क्टिव् (Vedic aorist/imperf.-like), परस्मैपद, 3 एकवचनRoot मयस्-कर (from मयस् ‘delight/refreshment’ + √कृ ‘to make’)
- अप
- away; offIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)उपसर्ग/अव्यय (separative)Root अप
- स्रिधः
- hindrances; injuries; harmsNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनRole KarmaRoot स्रिध्-
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution: (1) स्या = सा (demonstrative) with Vedic strengthened/enclitic form
- (2) अदितिरूत्या = अदितिः + ऊत्या (visarga before vowel → r/Ø in Saṃhitā; here written with ‘र’)
- (3) शंताति is taken as a single lexical pada (śam-tāti ‘welfare’), not split in Pada text
- (4) मयस्करद् = मयस्करत् (final -t before voiced consonant/pausal alternation in Saṃhitā orthography)
The meaning
Outer meaning
May Aditi, who is our ‘day-thought’, come to us with her help; may she bring peace and delight, removing failures and hurts.
Inner meaning
Aditi is invoked as the luminous right-thought (matiḥ) in the waking consciousness—an inspired, wide intelligence that arrives with ūti (effective help/grace). She establishes śaṃtāti: a continuity of peace, and mayaḥ: a creative delight/beatitude, while casting away sridhaḥ—inner breakdowns: lapses, discouragement, hostile impacts, and the sense of being ‘hurt’ by life.
Universal truth
Right thought grounded in wideness invites an effective grace that produces stable peace and joy; when consciousness expands, inner failures lose their grip.
Themes
mental purification, peace and delight, removal of harm
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 8.18.6, Rig Veda 8.18.8, Rig Veda 8.18.9, Rig Veda 8.18.10
Significance
The verse reads like a practical sādhaka’s prayer: not metaphysics alone, but the transformation of thought into peace and delight through Aditi’s aid.
The deity
- Devata
- Aditi
- Epithets
- divā matiḥ (day-thought), ūtyā (with help), śaṃtāti-kṛt (peace-maker, implied)
- Related deities
- Ādityas, Sarasvatī (as inspiration), Uṣas (as illumination)
Cosmic role
Source of the solar harmonies; she supports the right functioning of mind and life by widening them into truth-order.
Inner power
Illumined mental wideness that brings peace-continuity and delight, and neutralizes discouragement and inner injury.
In ritual
Where it is used
Śānti-oriented recitation; also suitable as a ‘day-beginning’ mantra for right thought and protection from mishap.
उ॒त स्या नो॒ दिवा॑ म॒तिरदि॑तिरू॒त्या ग॑मत् । सा शंता॑ति॒ मय॑स्कर॒दप॒ स्रिध॑: ॥
उ॒त । स्या । नः॒ । दिवा॑ । म॒तिः । अदि॑तिः । ऊ॒त्या । आ । ग॒म॒त् । सा । शम्ऽता॒ति॒ । मयः॑ । क॒र॒त् । अप॑ । स्रिधः॑ ॥
uta | syā | naḥ | divā | matiḥ | aditiḥ | ūtyā | ā | gamat | sā | śam-tāti | mayaḥ | karat | apa | sridhaḥ
Likely Triṣṭubh (approx.; common in this register)
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4×~11 (approx.)
Forward-moving invocation with a soft settling cadence on śaṃ/ mayaḥ—peace then delight.
Clarifies the mental field; the repeated śaṃ creates a soothing entrainment, reducing agitation.
- मतिः (matiḥ)
- Literal: thought; intention; mental formation. Symbolic: right-mindedness/inspired intelligence aligned with the Infinite
- ऊतिः (ūti)
- Literal: help; aid. Symbolic: active grace; intervention of higher consciousness into the mind
- शंताति (śaṃtāti)
- Literal: peace-bestowal; extension of peace. Symbolic: stable continuity of inner harmony (not momentary calm)
- मयः (mayaḥ)
- Literal: delight; happiness. Symbolic: ananda-tone entering the mental-vital nature
- स्रिधः (sridhaḥ)
- Literal: failures; hurts; injuries; mishaps. Symbolic: breakdowns of will/faith; impacts of hostile forces; psychological ‘wounds’
Prayer for mental rightness (mati), peace (śam), and joy (mayas), removing harms (sridh); apt for morning/day invocations and general auspicious recitation.
Morning (divā) before work/study; also before difficult conversations or decisions.
Mental offering of one’s thoughts (mati) into Aditi’s wideness; conclude with a brief silence to ‘receive’ ūti.
Use as a cognitive-emotional reset: chant 3–9 times, then set an intention for expansive, non-reactive thinking.
matí ‘thought/intention’ from √man. ūti ‘help’ is a frequent Vedic term for divine succor. śam ‘calm/peace’ becomes śaṃtāti ‘distribution of peace’. mayas ‘delight’ is the affective counterpart of truth—ananda-like sweetness. sridh can denote harm/failure; psychologically, lapses in the movement toward truth.
right intention (mati) aligned with infinity (Aditi), peace (śam) and delight (mayas) as signs of harmonized rita
Śaṃtāti is ṛta experienced as stable peace in the human system.
Divā-mati implies thought aligned to truth-light rather than night’s confusion.
The infinite births the solar thought that organizes life into peace and joy.
Integral Vedic psychology (Aurobindo: mati as thought-force; Aditi as wideness).
day (explicit)
Day = conscious clarity; Aditi as ‘day-thought’ is the illumined mental movement that keeps the being open and protected.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Aditi as the arriving helper who transforms thought (mati) into peace and delight, while expelling sridh (harm/lapse): the mythic action is the purification and fortification of consciousness by the Infinite.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √man ‘think’ is PIE *men- (cf. Latin mens, English mind). √kṛ ‘make/do’ corresponds to PIE *kwer-/*ker- ‘do/make’ (broadly reflected). The formulaic ‘come with help’ (ā gamat + ūti) is a typical inherited poetic pattern of invocation.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The Rishi seeks an inner conversion: Aditi is not only a protector but a shaper of consciousness—making peace and delight, and removing the causes of failure in the yogic-ritual movement.
Transform thought: widen the mind, invite a higher help, stabilize peace, then allow delight to arise.
Ajna (illumined thought) with support from Sahasrara (wideness)
4-4-6 breathing (inhale 4, hold 4, exhale 6) while repeating key words: ‘aditir ūtyā… śaṃtāti… mayaḥ’.
Clear, receptive, quietly joyful.
When ‘sridhaḥ’ (failures/hurts) appear as self-blame or discouragement, return to advaya-wideness; let the mind become ‘divā matiḥ’—a daylight thought that does not contract.
Maintain Vedic accentuation on key invocatory words (aditiḥ, ūtyā, śaṃtāti, mayaḥ); keep ‘śaṃ’ crisp and unaspirated.
Slight lift on accented syllables; pause lightly after ‘gamat’ to feel the ‘arrival’ of help.
uta: short ‘u’, dental ‘t’, syā: long ‘ā’, ūtyā: long ‘ū’, palatal ‘ty’ clean, śaṃtāti: nasalize ‘śaṃ’; ‘tā’ long, sridhaḥ: ‘sr’ cluster clear; final visarga light
Clear, luminous, reassuring.
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