Sukta 119

इति वा इति मे मनो गामश्वं सनुयामिति। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

iti vā iti me mano gāmaśvaṁ sanuyāmiti | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

THIS, even this was my resolve, to win a cow, to win a steed: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

प्र वाता इव दोधत उन्मा पीता अयंसत। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

pra vātā iva dodhata unmā pītā ayaṁsata | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

Like violent gusts of wind the draughts that I have drunk have lifted me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

उन्मा पीता अयंसत रथमश्वा इवाशवः। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

unmā pītā ayaṁsata rathamaśvā ivāśavaḥ | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

The draughts I drank have borne me up, as fleet-foot horses draw a car: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

उप मा मतिरस्थित वाश्रा पुत्रमिव प्रियम्। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

upa mā matirasthita vāśrā putramiva priyam | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

The hymn hath reached me, like a cow who lows to meet her darling calf: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

अहं तष्टेव वन्धुरं पर्यचामि हृदा मतिम्। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

ahaṁ taṣṭeva vandhuraṁ paryacāmi hṛdā matim | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

As a wright bends a chariot-seat so round my heart I bend the hymn: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

नहि मे अक्षिपच्चनाच्छान्त्सुः पञ्च कृष्टयः। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

nahi me akṣipaccanācchāntsuḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

Not as a mote within the eye count the Five Tribes of men with me: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

नहि मे रोदसी उभे अन्यं पक्षं चन प्रति। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

nahi me rodasī ubhe anyaṁ pakṣaṁ cana prati | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

The heavens and earth themselves have not grown equal to one half of me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

अभि द्यां महिना भुवमभीमां पृथिवीं महीम्। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

abhi dyāṁ mahinā bhuvamabhīmāṁ pṛthivīṁ mahīm | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

I in my grandeur have surpassed the heavens and all this spacious earth Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

हन्ताहं पृथिवीमिमां नि दधानीह वेह वा। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

hantāhaṁ pṛthivīmimāṁ ni dadhānīha veha vā | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

Aha! this spacious earth will I deposit either here or there Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

ओषमित्पृथिवीमहं जङ्घनानीह वेह वा। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

oṣamitpṛthivīmahaṁ jaṅghanānīha veha vā | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

In one short moment will I smite the earth in fury here or there: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

दिवि मे अन्यः पक्षोऽधो अन्यमचीकृषम्। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

divi me anyaḥ pakṣo'dho anyamacīkṛṣam | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

One of my flanks is in the sky; I let the other trail below: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

अहमस्मि महामहोऽभिनभ्यमुदीषितः। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

ahamasmi mahāmaho'bhinabhyamudīṣitaḥ | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

1, greatest of the Mighty Ones, am lifted to the firmament: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

गृहो याम्यरंकृतो देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहनः। कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति॥

gṛho yāmyaraṁkṛto devebhyo havyavāhanaḥ | kuvitsomasyāpāmiti ||

I seek the worshipper's abode; oblation-bearer to the Gods: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?