Mantra 7
Sukta 26
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
विष्णुर्युनक्तु बहुधा तपांस्यस्मिन् यज्ञे सुयुजः स्वाहा
IAST Transliteration
víṣṇur yunaktu bahudhā tapā́ṃsy asmín yajñé suyújaḥ svā́hā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
May Viṣṇu yoke, in manifold wise, the ardours unto this sacrifice—well-yoked: svāhā.
Word by Word
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootविष्णु- (प्रातिपदिक)
युनक्तुmay (he) yoke/join/appoint
युनक्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु; युनक्ति)
बहुधाin many ways; variously
बहुधा:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहुधा (अव्यय; बहु + धा)
तपांसिausterities; ardours; penances
तपांसि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञेsacrifice; ritual
यज्ञे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुयुजःwell-yoked ones; well-joined (helpers/participants)
सुयुजः:
कर्तृ (युनक्तु इत्यस्य कर्तृ-सम्बन्धेन सह; अथवा विष्णोः सहचराः/सहायाः इति)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-like epithet
Rootसुयुज्- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + युज्)
स्वाहाsvāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
स्वाहा:
(मन्त्र-निपात; यज्ञकर्म-प्रयोग)
TypeIndeclinable (ritual exclamation)
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय-उच्चारण)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 5.26).
Devata: Viṣṇu
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (short oblation-formula style; pada-count may be treated as mixed in Atharvanic recensions).
Mantra Rasa
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