Rig Veda 10.119.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 119, Mantra 13

Sukta 10.119

Rishi: As above for RV 10.119.

Devata: Soma (with strong Agni-echo via havyavāhana).

Chandas: To be verified by syllable count; late RV style.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गृहो याम्यरंकृतो देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहनः । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

Transliteration

gṛhó yāmy áraṃkṛto devébhyo havyavā́hanaḥ | kuvít somásyāpā́m íti ||

Translation

Ich gehe wie ein wohlgefügtes Haus — als Träger des Opferguts für die Götter. Ob dies wohl aus den Wassern des Soma stammt? — so spreche ich in mir.

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Word by Word

• गृहाḥ: the houses/dwellings
• गृहाḥ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *gʰer- ‘to grasp/enclose’ (etymological note)

• यामि: I go / I proceed
• यामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) ‘to go’

• अरंकृतः: made ready; duly prepared
• अरंकृतः: Kartā (as predicate to an implied subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle) / Kṛdanta
• Root: अरम् (अव्यय ‘fit, sufficient’) + कृ (धातु) → अरंकृ (कृदन्त-समास/धातुसाधित)

• देवेभ्यः: for the gods; to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हव्यवाहनः: the oblation-carrier (Agni)
• हव्यवाहनः: Kartā (apposition/epithet, typically of अग्नि) / Viśeṣya
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘oblation’) + वह (धातु ‘to carry’) → वाहन (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) ; तत्पुरुष समास

• कुवित्: perhaps?; is it possible?
• कुवित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कु (interrogative particle) + वित् (particle) → कुवित्

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक ‘water’)

• इति: thus; ‘so’ (quoting/closing)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (quotative particle)