Rig Veda 5.26.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 26, Mantra 7

Sukta 5.26

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (Mandala 5 Agni hymns generally Ātreya; verify per Anukramaṇī for RV 5.26)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas

Chandas: Gayatri (likely for RV 5.26 opening; verify by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न्यग्निं जातवेदसं होत्रवाहं यविष्ठ्यम् । दधाता देवमृत्विजम् ॥

Transliteration

ny àgníṃ jātávedasaṃ hotravā́haṃ yáviṣṭhyam | dádhātā devám ṛtvíjam ||

Translation

Asentad a Agni, Jātavedas, portador del llamado del hotar, el más joven, siempre nuevo; estableced en la obra al divino ṛtvij, sacerdote del tiempo justo.

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Word by Word

• नि: down; forth (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga) / ni-

• अग्निम्: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (the all-knowing/knower-of-births)
• जातवेदसम्: कर्म (अग्निम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: जातवेदस्- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• होत्रवाहम्: carrier of the oblation/Hotṛ’s offering
• होत्रवाहम्: कर्म (अग्निम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: होत्र-वाह- (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष-समास)

• यविष्ठ्यम्: most youthful; youngest
• यविष्ठ्यम्: कर्म (अग्निम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यविष्ठ्य- (प्रातिपदिक; superlative adjective, Vedic)

• दधाता: let (the two) place/establish
• दधाता: कर्तृ (आह्वान/विधि: ‘let the two place/establish’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) < दधा- (present stem)

• देवम्: divine; god
• देवम्: कर्म (ऋत्विजम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋत्विजम्: the officiating priest (ṛtvij)
• ऋत्विजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज्- (प्रातिपदिक; ऋतु+इज् ‘sacrificing at the proper time’)