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.

Translation

വിഷ്ണു ഈ യജ്ഞത്തിൽ തപസ്സുകളെ പലവിധമായി യോജിപ്പിക്കട്ടെ—സുയുജ (സുയോജിത)മായി; സ്വാഹാ.

Word by Word

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: विष्णु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• युनक्तु: may (he) yoke/join/appoint
• युनक्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु; युनक्ति)

• बहुधा: in many ways; variously
• बहुधा: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय; बहु + धा)

• तपांसि: austerities; ardours; penances
• तपांसि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञे: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुयुजः: well-yoked ones; well-joined (helpers/participants)
• सुयुजः: कर्तृ (युनक्तु इत्यस्य कर्तृ-सम्बन्धेन सह; अथवा विष्णोः सहचराः/सहायाः इति)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like epithet
• Root: सुयुज्- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + युज्)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-निपात; यज्ञकर्म-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (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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