Rig Veda 2.18.8 - Mandala 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 8

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Rig Veda 2.18.8: Mandala 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 8

Sukta 2.18

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Gṛtsamada Śaunahotra), traditional attribution for Mandala 2 hymns

Devata: Indra (with Dakṣiṇā as an invoked power of right-giving abundance under Indra’s lordship)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 2.18; verse-length and cadence consistent with Triṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न म इन्द्रेण सख्यं वि योषदस्मभ्यमस्य दक्षिणा दुहीत । उप ज्येष्ठे वरूथे गभस्तौ प्रायेप्राये जिगीवांसः स्याम ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.18.8

Transliteration

ná me índreṇa sakhyáṃ ví yoṣad asmábhyam asya dákṣiṇā duhīta | úpa jyéṣṭhe várūthe gábhastau prāyé-prāye jigīvā́ṃsaḥ syāma ||

Translation

میری اندر سے دوستی ٹوٹ نہ جائے، اس کی دکشنا، یعنی صحیح عطا کرنے کی طاقت، ہمارے لیے دودھ دیتی رہے۔ بزرگ اور اعلیٰ حفاظت میں، اس کی پکڑ میں قریب رکھے گئے، ہم ہر قدم پر بار بار جیتنے والے بنیں۔

Word by Word

नnot

मेof me / my

इन्द्रेणwith Indra

सख्यम्friendship

विapart, asunder

योषत्may (he) not separate / may (he) not forsake

अस्मभ्यम्to us

अस्यof him / of this (one)

दक्षिणाthe dakṣiṇā (priestly gift)

दुहीतlet (it) yield / let (it) give milk (i.e., bestow)

उपtowards, near

ज्येष्ठेin/at the highest (place/one)

वरूथेin the protection / shelter

गभस्तौin the hand / grasp (lit. in the palm)

प्राये-प्रायेagain and again / at each time

जिगीवांसःhaving won, victorious

स्यामmay we be

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