Rig Veda 10.119.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 119, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.119
Rishi: Agastya Māna
Devata: Soma
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उन्मा पीता अयंसत रथमश्वा इवाशवः । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥
Transliteration
út mā pītā́ ayaṃsata rátham aśvā́ iva āśávaḥ | kuvít sómasyāpā́m ití ||
Translation
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.
Word by Word
उत्up, forth (preverb)
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग) / ud-
माme
मा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / 1st person pronoun
पीताःhaving been drunk / drunk (ones)
पीताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootपा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त) / √pā ‘to drink’
अयंसतthey set in motion / they urged on
अयंसत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु) / √yam ‘to stretch, set in motion, urge’
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक) / ratha
अश्वाःhorses
अश्वाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक) / aśva
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात) / iva
आशवःswift
आशवः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण अश्वान् विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootआशु (प्रातिपदिक) → आशव (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) / āśu ‘swift’
कुवित्perhaps; whether
कुवित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकु + वित् (निपातसमूह) / kuvit
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) / soma
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक) / ap- ‘water’
इतिthus
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात) / iti
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