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
मैं एक कदम में इस धरती को पार कर सकता हूँ। यहाँ से वहाँ पहुँच सकता हूँ। शायद यह ताकत भी सोम के पानी से आती है।
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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