Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 119
Rig Veda 10.119 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 13 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 10.119.1
इति वा इति मे मनो गामश्वं सनुयामिति | कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति
iti vā iti me mano ghāmaśvaṃ sanuyāmiti | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti
Rig Veda 10.119.2
पर वाता इव दोधत उन मा पीता अयंसत | कुवित ...
pra vātā iva dodhata un mā pītā ayaṃsata | kuvit ...
Like violent gusts of wind the draughts that I have drunk have lifted me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.3
उन मा पीता अयंसत रथमश्वा इवाशवः | कुवित ...
un mā pītā ayaṃsata rathamaśvā ivāśavaḥ | kuvit ...
The draughts I drank have borne me up, as fleet-foot horses draw a car: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.4
उप मा मतिरस्थित वाश्रा पुत्रमिव परियम | कुवित ...
upa mā matirasthita vāśrā putramiva priyam | kuvit ...
The hymn hath reached me, like a cow who lows to meet her darling calf: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.5
अहं तष्टेव वन्धुरं पर्यचामि हर्दा मतिम | कुवित ...
ahaṃ taṣṭeva vandhuraṃ paryacāmi hṛdā matim | kuvit ...
As a wright bends a chariot-seat so round my heart I bend the hymn: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.6
नहि मे अक्षिपच्चनाछान्त्सुः पञ्च कर्ष्टयः | कुवित ...
nahi me akṣipaccanāchāntsuḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ | kuvit ...
Not as a mote within the eye count the Five Tribes of men with me: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.7
नहि मे रोदसी उभे अन्यं पक्षं चन परति | कुवित ...
nahi me rodasī ubhe anyaṃ pakṣaṃ cana prati | kuvit ...
The heavens and earth themselves have not grown equal to one half of me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.8
अभि दयां महिना भुवमभीमां पर्थिवीं महीम | कुवित...
abhi dyāṃ mahinā bhuvamabhīmāṃ pṛthivīṃ mahīm | kuvit...
I in my grandeur have surpassed the heavens and all this spacious earth Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.9
हन्ताहं पर्थिवीमिमां नि दधानीह वेह वा | कुवित ...
hantāhaṃ pṛthivīmimāṃ ni dadhānīha veha vā | kuvit ...
Aha! this spacious earth will I deposit either here or there Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.10
ओषमित पर्थिवीमहं जङघनानीह वेह वा | कुवित ...
oṣamit pṛthivīmahaṃ jaṅghanānīha veha vā | kuvit ...
In one short moment will I smite the earth in fury here or there: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.11
दिवि मे अन्यः पक्षो.अधो अन्यमचीक्र्षम | कुवित ...
divi me anyaḥ pakṣo.adho anyamacīkṛṣam | kuvit ...
One of my flanks is in the sky; I let the other trail below: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.12
अहमस्मि महामहो.अभिनभ्यमुदीषितः | कुवित ...
ahamasmi mahāmaho.abhinabhyamudīṣitaḥ | kuvit ...
1, greatest of the Mighty Ones, am lifted to the firmament: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda 10.119.13
गर्हो याम्यरंक्र्तो देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहनः | कुवित ...
ghṛho yāmyaraṃkṛto devebhyo havyavāhanaḥ | kuvit ...
I seek the worshipper's abode; oblation-bearer to the Gods: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
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