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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

या ओषधीः सोमराज्ञीर्बह्वीः शतविचक्षणाः । तासां त्वमस्युत्तमारं कामाय शं हृदे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.97.18

yā́ oṣádhīḥ sóma-rājñīr bahvī́ḥ śatá-vicakṣaṇāḥ | tāsā́ṃ tvám asy uttamā́rám kā́māya śáṃ hṛdé ||

ಹೇ ಓಷಧಿಗಳೇ—ಸೋಮರಾಜ್ಞಿಯರೇ—ಬಹಳಷ್ಟು, ಶತವಿಧ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯುಳ್ಳವರೇ! ನಿಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ ನೀನೇ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮೆ; ಆತ್ಮನ ಕಾಮನೆಗೆ ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣ, ಹೃದಯಕ್ಕೆ ಶಾಂತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಆನಂದವನ್ನು ನೀಡುವವಳು.

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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