Rig Veda 8.18.7 — Mandala 8, Sukta 18, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.18

Devata: Aditi

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत स्या नो दिवा मतिरदितिरूत्या गमत् । सा शंताति मयस्करदप स्रिधः ॥

Transliteration

utá syā́ no divā́ matír adítir ūtyā́ gámāt | sā́ śaṃtā́ti máyas karad ápa srídhaḥ ||

Translation

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; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• स्या: she (that one)
• स्या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सः/सा/तत्) → सा

• नः: for us; to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• दिवा: by day; in the daytime
• दिवा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (दिव्)

• मतिः: thought; intention; prayer
• मतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति- (from √मन् ‘to think’)

• अदितिः: Aditi
• अदितिः: Kartā (apposition to ‘स्या … मतिः’)
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: अदिति-

• ऊत्या: with help; with aid
• ऊत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति-

• गमत्: may (she) come; let (her) come
• गमत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्

• सा: she
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सा)

• शंताति: welfare; prosperity; well-being
• शंताति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंताति- (शम् + ताति) অথবা शं-ताति

• मयस्करत्: made (it) delightful/beneficial; bestowed refreshment
• मयस्करत्: —
• Type: Verb (denominative/compound-verb stem)
• Root: मयस्-कर (from मयस् ‘delight/refreshment’ + √कृ ‘to make’)

• अप: away; off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: अप

• स्रिधः: hindrances; injuries; harms
• स्रिधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रिध्-