Rig Veda 3.26.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 26, Mantra 8

Sukta 3.26

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni (as purifier and illuminator; implicit subject)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्रिभिः पवित्रैरपुपोद्ध्यर्कं हृदा मतिं ज्योतिरनु प्रजानन् । वर्षिष्ठं रत्नमकृत स्वधाभिरादिद्द्यावापृथिवी पर्यपश्यत् ॥

Transliteration

tribhíḥ pavítrair ápupod dhyàrkaṁ hṛdā́ matíṁ jyótir ánu prajā́nann | várṣiṣṭhaṁ rátnaṁ akṛta svadhā́bhir ād íd dyā́vāpṛthivī́ pár yapaśyat ||

Translation

With the three strainers he purified the hymn; with the heart he purified the thought, following the light in full knowing. By his own powers of right self-law he made the most raining treasure; then he encompassed and beheld Heaven and Earth.

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Word by Word

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवित्रैः: with purifying strainers / filters
• पवित्रैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपुपोद्: he purified / cleansed
• अपुपोद्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-पू (धातु) / पुनाति

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

• अर्कम्: hymn of praise / song
• अर्कम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• हृदा: with (his) heart
• हृदा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मतिम्: thought / intention
• मतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along, in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रजानन्: knowing, discerning
• प्रजानन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: प्र-ज्ञा (धातु) / जानाति

• वर्षिष्ठम्: most excellent / best
• वर्षिष्ठम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (superlative)
• Root: वृद्ध/वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) → वर्षिष्ठ (तमप्)

• रत्नम्: treasure, precious gift
• रत्नम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकृत: he made, fashioned
• अकृत: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• स्वधाभिः: with (his) स्वधा-powers / inherent might / ritual efficacy
• स्वधाभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्: then, thereupon
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (अव्यय)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: कर्म (दृष्टेः विषयः)
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ + पृथिवी)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अपश्यत्: he saw
• अपश्यत्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) / पश्यति