Rig Veda 1.26.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 26, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.26

Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.26)

Devata: Agni (as the chosen Friend/Helper in the sacrifice)

Chandas: गायत्री (Gāyatrī) (RV 1.26.1 is commonly Gāyatrī in the Agni hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ हि ष्मा सूनवे पितापिर्यजत्यापये । सखा सख्ये वरेण्यः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ hí ṣmā sūnáve pitā́ ā́piḥ yájatī ā́paye | sakhā́ sákhye váreṇyaḥ ||

Translation

まことに、彼は来たれ——父が子に赴くように、供犠する者に寄り添う親密な助け手が来るように。選ばれし友（sakhā）は、友誼（sakhya）の行いのうちにわれらに来たりて、人と神との結び目を堅くせよ。

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• ष्मा: surely, just
• ष्मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ष्मा (निपात; Vedic emphatic particle)

• सूनवे: to the son
• सूनवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• ईर्य: moves/comes forth
• ईर्य: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर् (धातु; ईरयति/ईरते ‘to set in motion, to go, to rise’)

• यजत्या: with the worshipping (one)/with worship
• यजत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज् (धातु) / यजत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘worshipping’)

• अपये: away, aside
• अपये: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि + इ (धातु ‘to go’) → अपय (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव; ‘away, aside’)

• सखा: the friend
• सखा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सख्ये: in friendship
• सख्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘friendship, companionship’)

• वरेण्यः: most choice-worthy, excellent
• वरेण्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक; from √वृ ‘to choose’ → ‘choice-worthy’)