Āditya Sūkta

🙏 ऋषि (द्रष्टा): Gṛtsamada Śaunakīya🔥 देवता: Ādityas🎵 छन्द: Triṣṭubh📜 2 मन्त्र

मन्त्र 1

इमं स्तोममर्हते जातवेसे रथमिव सं महे दीमहि मनीषा। भद्रा हि नः प्र मतिरभ्यपृक्षद्दितेः पुत्रा अदितिः शंसमव्यातू॥

imaṃ stomamarhate jātavese rathamiva saṃ mahe dīmahi manīṣā | bhadrā hi naḥ pra matirabhyapṛkṣadditeḥ putrā aditiḥ śaṃsamavyātū ||

अनुवाद: We fashion this praise-offering with our mind to the worthy Jātavedas, like crafting a chariot. Auspicious thought has indeed approached us; may the sons of Diti, Aditi, protect our invocation.

The ṛṣi compares the composition of a sacred prayer to the careful carpentry of a chariot, offering it to the luminous deities who maintain cosmic truth and safeguard human aspiration.

मन्त्र 2

विश्वे याभिर्दिधिषन्तो मनीषामादित्यासो व्रतपा रक्षपानः। अदब्धासो धरिणो विश्ववारिर्विश्वा पान्त्यनृता द्वेषस्यात्॥

viśve yābhirdidhiṣanto manīṣāmādityāso vratapā rakṣapānaḥ | adabdhāso dhariṇo viśvavāirviśvā pāntyanṛtā dveṣasyāt ||

अनुवाद: May all the Ādityas, guardians of sacred laws and protectors, holding our mind's prayer, unassailable, sustainers of all things desirable, protect us from falsehood and malice.

The Ādityas stand firm as guardians of cosmic order (vratapāḥ), shielding the seeker from untruth, deceit, and inner hostility.