Mantra 2
Sukta 1.26
Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.26)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: गायत्री (Gāyatrī) (RV 1.26.1 is commonly Gāyatrī in the Agni hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि नो होता वरेण्यः सदा यविष्ठ मन्मभिः । अग्ने दिवित्मता वचः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
नि नो॒ होता॒ वरे॑ण्य॒: सदा॑ यविष्ठ॒ मन्म॑भिः । अग्ने॑ दि॒वित्म॑ता॒ वच॑: ॥
Transliteration
ní no hotā́ váreṇyaḥ sádā yaviṣṭha mánmabhiḥ | ágne divitmátā vácaḥ ||
Translation
O Agni, our chosen guide of the offering, ever youthful in thy force—establish in us the word that is luminous with heaven: the inspired utterance that carries the mind upward into the Truth.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
नि । नः॒ । होता॑ । वरे॑ण्यः । सदा॑ । य॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । मन्म॑ऽभिः । अग्ने॑ । दि॒वित्म॑ता । वचः॑ ॥नि । नः । होता । वरेण्यः । सदा । यविष्ठ । मन्मभिः । अग्ने । दिवित्मता । वचः ॥ni | naḥ | hotā | vareṇyaḥ | sadā | yaviṣṭha | manma-bhiḥ | agne | divitmatā | vacaḥ
Word by Word
निdown; in; towards (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
होताthe Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (from √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)
वरेण्यःchoice-worthy; excellent
वरेण्यः:
कर्तृ (qualifier of होताः)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरेण्य (from √वृ ‘to choose’, ‘worthy to be chosen’)
सदाalways
सदा:
अधिकारण (temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
यविष्ठO youngest (most youthful)
यविष्ठ:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootयविष्ठ (superlative of युवा/युवन् ‘young’)
मन्मभिःwith thoughts; with devotions
मन्मभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमन्मन् (n.)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
दिवित्मताwith heavenly (radiant) power; heaven-possessing
दिवित्मता:
करण (qualifier of वचः understood as ‘with…speech’ / or of the act of invoking)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिवित्मत् (possessing ‘heavenliness/brightness’; from दिव्)
वचःspeech; utterance; hymn
वचः:
कर्तृ (as the utterance/prayer) / or कर्म (as ‘speech’ offered) بحسب interpretation
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (n.)