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
बहुत सारी जड़ी-बूटियां हैं, सोम की रानियां जैसी। उनके सौ तरीके हैं सब कुछ देखने के। तुम उनमें सबसे बड़ी हो। तुम इंसान के दिल की हर इच्छा पूरी करती हो। तुम दिल को शांति देती हो।
Word by Word
याःwhich (those)
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-
ओषधीःherbs, healing plants
ओषधीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमराज्ञीःSoma-queens (ruled by Soma / having Soma as king)
सोमराज्ञीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसोम-राज्ञी- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
बह्वीःmany
बह्वीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु- (प्रातिपदिक)
शतविचक्षणाःhundredfold-discerning / very discerning
शतविचक्षणाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-विचक्षण- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
तासाम्of those (herbs)
तासाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ता-
त्वम्thou, you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असिare
असि:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
उत्तमारम्the best / most excellent
उत्तमारम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (predicative)
Rootउत्तम- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘most excellent’) + -रम् (वेदिक-प्रत्यय/विस्तार; विशेषणरूप)
कामायfor desire / for the wished-for (end)
कामाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootकाम- (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्well, auspiciously
शम्:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय; ‘well, auspiciously’)
हृदेfor the heart
हृदे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootहृद्/हृदय- (प्रातिपदिक)
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