iti vā iti me mano gām aśvaṃ sanuyām iti kuvit somasyāpām iti
This, even this was my resolve, to win a cow, to win a steed: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Rig Veda
iti vā iti me mano gām aśvaṃ sanuyām iti kuvit somasyāpām iti
This, even this was my resolve, to win a cow, to win a steed: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
pra vātā iva dodhata un mā pītā ayaṃsata kuvit somasyāpām iti
Like violent gusts of wind the draughts that I have drunk have lifted me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
This verse is not included in this edition.
The draughts I drank have borne me up, as fleet-foot horses draw a car: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
This verse is not included in this edition.
The hymn hath reached me, like a cow who lows to meet her darling calf: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
ahaṃ taṣṭeva vandhuram pary acāmi hṛdā matim kuvit somasyāpām iti
As a wright bends a chariot-seat so round my heart I bend the hymn: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
nahi me akṣipac canācchāntsuḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ kuvit somasyāpām iti
Not as a mote within the eye count the Five Tribes of men with me: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
nahi me rodasī ubhe anyam pakṣaṃ cana prati kuvit somasyāpām iti
The heavens and earth themselves have not grown equal to one half of me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
abhi dyām mahinā bhuvam abhīmām pṛthivīm mahīm kuvit somasyāpām iti
I in my grandeur have surpassed the heavens and all this spacious earth Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
hantāham pṛthivīm imāṃ ni dadhānīha veha vā kuvit somasyāpām iti
Aha! this spacious earth will I deposit either here or there Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
oṣam it pṛthivīm ahaṃ jaṅghanānīha veha vā kuvit somasyāpām iti
In one short moment will I smite the earth in fury here or there: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
divi me anyaḥ pakṣo 'dho anyam acīkṛṣam kuvit somasyāpām iti
One of my flanks is in the sky; I let the other trail below: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
aham asmi mahāmaho 'bhinabhyam udīṣitaḥ kuvit somasyāpām iti
1, greatest of the Mighty Ones, am lifted to the firmament: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
gṛho yāmy araṃkṛto devebhyo havyavāhanaḥ kuvit somasyāpām iti
I seek the worshipper's abode; oblation-bearer to the Gods: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?