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Rig Veda 5.26.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 26, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.26

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; verify)

वीतिहोत्रं त्वा कवे द्युमन्तं समिधीमहि । अग्ने बृहन्तमध्वरे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.26.3

vītí-hotram tvā kave dyu-mántaṃ sám idhīmahi | ágne bṛhántam adhvaré ||

A ti, ó sábio, Vītihotra, resplandecente de poder, nós te acendemos por inteiro. Ó Agni, torna-te vasto no adhvara, cresce no sacrifício.

वीतिहोत्रम्(you,) the one whose offering/invocation is well-performed / having the ‘vīti’ oblation
वीतिहोत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootवीति-होत्र (प्रातिपदिक; वीतिः < √वे/वी ‘to pursue, enjoy, seek’ + होत्र < √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कवेO sage/poet (seer)
कवे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यु॒मन्तम्bright, radiant
द्यु॒मन्तम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्—त्वा)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्यु-मत् (प्रातिपदिक; द्यु ‘brightness, heaven’ + मतुप्)
समिधीमहिwe kindle (invoke/enkindle)
समिधीमहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√इध् (इध् दीप्तौ) / समिध् ‘to kindle’
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहन्तम्great, lofty
बृहन्तम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्—त्वा)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; from √बृह् ‘to grow, be great’)
अध्वरेin the sacrifice/ritual
अध्वरे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

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