Mantra 1
Sukta 26
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नवशालायां घृतहोमः। यजूंषि यज्ञे समिधः स्वाहाग्निः प्रविद्वानिह वो युनक्तु
IAST Transliteration
navaśālāyā́ṃ ghṛtahómaḥ | yajúṃṣi yajñé samídhaḥ svā́hā́gníḥ pravidvā́n ihá vaḥ yunaktu ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
In the new hall let there be a ghee-oblation: the Yajus-formulas, the sacrifice, the kindlings, the Svāhā—may Agni, well-knowing, here yoke them for you.
Word by Word
नवशालायाम्in the new shed/house
नवशालायाम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootनवशाला (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतहोमःthe ghee-offering (ghee oblation)
घृतहोमः:
कर्तृ (वाक्यविषय/उद्देश्य-निर्देश) / (नामवाक्ये विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootघृतहोम (प्रातिपदिक; घृत + होम)
यजूंषिYajus-formulas (sacrificial verses)
यजूंषि:
कर्म (युनक्तु इत्यस्य) / (उपवस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञेin the sacrifice
यज्ञे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
समिधःfuel-sticks, kindling
समिधः:
कर्म (युनक्तु इत्यस्य) / (सहवस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootसमिध् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वाहाsvāhā (ritual exclamation)
स्वाहा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय-उद्गार)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ (युनक्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रविद्वान्knowing well, well-informed
प्रविद्वान्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√विद् (ज्ञाने) + प्र-; क्तवतु-प्रत्यय (विद्वस्/विद्वान्)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान (युनक्तु—‘for you’) / सम्बन्ध (your)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
युनक्तुmay (he) yoke/join/fit together
युनक्तु:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√युज् (योजने)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Mixed/prose-rubric + mantra; main mantra portion is Atharvanic anuṣṭubh-like cadence
Mantra Rasa
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