Rig Veda 10.119.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 119, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.119
Rishi: Agastya Māna
Devata: Soma (experienced as uplifting force), with Apas as medium
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वाता इव दोधत उन्मा पीता अयंसत । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥
Transliteration
prá vātā́ iva dódhata út mā pītā́ ayaṃsata | kuvít sómasyāpā́m ití ||
Translation
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.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वाताःwinds
वाताः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
दोधतthey shook, they surged
दोधत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधू (धातु) / धुनोति
उत्up, out
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (upasarga)
माme
मा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
पीताःhaving drunk, drunk
पीताः:
Kartā (with implied subject) / predicate adjective
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootपा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त)
अयंसतthey stretched/extended themselves; they bestirred
अयंसत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु) / यच्छति
कुवित्whether? perhaps?
कुवित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुवित्
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus, so (quotative)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
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