Rig Veda 10.119.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 119, Mantra 10
Sukta 10.119
Rishi: Agastya Māna
Devata: Soma
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ओषमित्पृथिवीमहं जङ्घनानीह वेह वा । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥
Transliteration
óṣam ít pṛthivī́m aháṃ jaṅghanānī́ha véha vā́ | kuvít sómasyāpā́m ití ||
Translation
Mit einem Schritt könnte ich diese Erde überschreiten — hier oder dort. Ob diese fesselsprengende Kraft wohl aus den Wassern des Soma hervorgeht?
Word by Word
ओषम्indeed, surely
ओषम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootओषम् (avyaya; emphatic particle, Vedic) अथवा ओषम् < √वश्/√उष्? (traditional: indeclinable intensifier)
इत्just, indeed
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (avyaya; particle)
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जङ्घनानि(my) legs, shanks
जङ्घनानि:
कर्तृ (उपकर्तृ/सहायक-कर्तृ; ‘my legs’ as agent of motion)
TypeNoun
Rootजङ्घना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘shank/leg’; here as plural ‘legs/limbs’)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (avyaya)
वेहhere (right here)
वेह:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवेह (avyaya; Vedic deictic/adverb)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (avyaya)
कुवित्whether?, perhaps?
कुवित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकु + वित् (avyaya; interrogative particle)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)
इतिthus, so (quotative)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (avyaya; quotative)
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