Rig Veda 3.26.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 26, Mantra 4
Sukta 3.26
Rishi: Kuśika / Viśvāmitra lineage (within RV 3.26)
Devata: Agni and Maruts (with vāja/forces imagery)
Chandas: Jagatī (likely; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यन्तु वाजास्तविषीभिरग्नयः शुभे सम्मिश्लाः पृषतीरयुक्षत । बृहदुक्षो मरुतो विश्ववेदसः प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वताँ अदाभ्याः ॥
Transliteration
prá yantu vā́jās táviṣībhir agnáyaḥ śubhé sám-miślāḥ pṛ́ṣatīr ayukṣata | bṛhád-ukṣo marúto viśvá-vedasaḥ prá vepayanti párvatāṁ adā́bhyāḥ ||
Translation
力の満ちあふれるもの（ヴァージャ）よ、火々とともにその威力をもって進み出よ。輝く働きのために、彼らは斑の力をくびきにつないだ。マルト（Marut）—大雄牛のごとき力、全知にして抗しがたき者—は山々を震わせ、揺り動かす。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यन्तुlet (them) go/come
यन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
वाजाःprizes, strengths, spoils
वाजाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
तविषीभिःwith mights, with powers
तविषीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतविषी (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नयःfires; Agnis
अग्नयः:
Kartā (apposition to वाजाः / or co-subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
शुभेin/for splendor, in beauty
शुभे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (upasarga)
मिश्लाःmingled, blended
मिश्लाः:
Kartā (agreeing with अग्नयः)
TypeAdjective
Rootमिश्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
पृषतीःspeckled (mares); dappled ones
पृषतीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृषती (प्रातिपदिक)
अयुक्षतthey yoked
अयुक्षत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु)
बृहदुक्षःgreat-bull-like; mighty
बृहदुक्षः:
Kartā (agreeing with मरुतः)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहद्-उक्षन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्ववेदसःall-knowing, of universal knowledge
विश्ववेदसः:
Kartā (agreeing with मरुतः)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-विदस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वेपयन्तिthey cause to tremble, they shake
वेपयन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवेप् (धातु) [causative: वेपय-]
पर्वतान्mountains
पर्वतान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
अदाभ्याःunassailable, unconquerable
अदाभ्याः:
Kartā (agreeing with मरुतः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-दाभ्य (प्रातिपदिक; neg. of √दभ् ‘to harm/deceive’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.