Sukta 119

Mantra 1

इति वा इति मे मनो गामश्वं सनुयामिति । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

Thus indeed, thus my mind moves: “May I win the Cow and the Horse”—may I gain the luminous Ray and the swift Force. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters (of delight) that this impulse arises.

Mantra 2

प्र वाता इव दोधत उन्मा पीता अयंसत । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

Like winds surging forward, they have shaken me; the draughts I have drunk have lifted me upward. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this exaltation comes.

Mantra 3

उन्मा पीता अयंसत रथमश्वा इवाशवः । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

The draughts I have drunk have lifted me up, as swift horses lift the chariot. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this mounting power is born.

Mantra 4

उप मा मतिरस्थित वाश्रा पुत्रमिव प्रियम् । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

A thought has come and stood near me—like a bellowing cow approaching her beloved calf. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this intimate inspiration arises.

Mantra 5

अहं तष्टेव वन्धुरं पर्यचामि हृदा मतिम् । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

I, like a craftsman, shape and circle around the frame; with the heart I fashion the thought. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this skilled inner making proceeds.

Mantra 6

नहि मे अक्षिपच्चनाच्छान्त्सुः पञ्च कृष्टयः । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

None of the five peoples has struck me down, not in the least; they have not reached me. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this inviolable poise arises.

Mantra 7

नहि मे रोदसी उभे अन्यं पक्षं चन प्रति । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

Not even both Heaven and Earth stand against me as an opposite wing. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this vast equality with the worlds is born.

Mantra 8

अभि द्यां महिना भुवमभीमां पृथिवीं महीम् । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

By greatness I have overtopped Heaven; by greatness I have overtopped this vast Earth. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this magnified being arises.

Mantra 9

हन्ताहं पृथिवीमिमां नि दधानीह वेह वा । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

Come then—I could set this Earth down here, or here. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this sovereign capacity of placement arises.

Mantra 10

ओषमित्पृथिवीमहं जङ्घनानीह वेह वा । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

In one stride I could overpass this Earth—here, or here. Perhaps it is from the Soma’s waters that this bound-breaking energy is released.

Mantra 11

दिवि मे अन्यः पक्षोऽधो अन्यमचीकृषम् । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

One wing of my being I have set in the luminous heaven; the other I have fashioned below. Might this be from the Waters of Soma—so I say within.

Mantra 12

अहमस्मि महामहोऽभिनभ्यमुदीषितः । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

I am of a vast greatness; I am lifted up toward the navel-centre (the core). Might this be from the Waters of Soma—so I say within.

Mantra 13

गृहो याम्यरंकृतो देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहनः । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥

I go as a house well-made—becoming a carrier of the offering for the gods. Might this be from the Waters of Soma—so I say within.