Rig Veda 10.97.18: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 18

Sukta 10.97

Rishi: Bhiṣaj (healer-seer) / Oṣadhi hymn tradition

Devata: A supreme Oṣadhi (addressed as singular) within the collective; Soma as overlord

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या ओषधीः सोमराज्ञीर्बह्वीः शतविचक्षणाः । तासां त्वमस्युत्तमारं कामाय शं हृदे ॥

Transliteration

yā́ oṣádhīḥ sóma-rājñīr bahvī́ḥ śatá-vicakṣaṇāḥ | tāsā́ṃ tvám asy uttamā́rám kā́māya śáṃ hṛdé ||

Translation

যি ঔষধিসমূহ সোমৰাজ্ঞী—বহু, শতদৃষ্টিসম্পন্ন—তাসকলৰ মাজত তুমি সৰ্বোত্তমা। আত্মাৰ কামনাৰ পূৰণৰ বাবে সম্পূৰ্ণ সক্ষম; হৃদয়লৈ শম আৰু আনন্দ দান কৰা।

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Word by Word

• याः: which (those)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• ओषधीः: herbs, healing plants
• ओषधीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमराज्ञीः: Soma-queens (ruled by Soma / having Soma as king)
• सोमराज्ञीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सोम-राज्ञी- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• बह्वीः: many
• बह्वीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतविचक्षणाः: hundredfold-discerning / very discerning
• शतविचक्षणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-विचक्षण- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• तासाम्: of those (herbs)
• तासाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ता-

• त्वम्: thou, you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: are
• असि: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• उत्तमारम्: the best / most excellent
• उत्तमारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (predicative)
• Root: उत्तम- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘most excellent’) + -रम् (वेदिक-प्रत्यय/विस्तार; विशेषणरूप)

• कामाय: for desire / for the wished-for (end)
• कामाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well, auspiciously
• शम्: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय; ‘well, auspiciously’)

• हृदे: for the heart
• हृदे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्/हृदय- (प्रातिपदिक)