Rig Veda 5.26.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 26, Mantra 4

Sukta 5.26

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (Mandala 5 Agni hymns generally Ātreya; verify per Anukramaṇī for RV 5.26)

Devata: Agni (with the Viśve Devāḥ invoked as accompanying powers)

Chandas: Gayatri (likely for RV 5.26 opening; verify by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्ने विश्वेभिरा गहि देवेभिर्हव्यदातये । होतारं त्वा वृणीमहे ॥

Transliteration

agné viśvébhir ā́ gahi devébhir havyádātaye | hótāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe ||

Translation

अग्ने, विश्वेभिः देवेभिः सह इह आगहि हव्यदातये। होतारं त्वां वयं वृणीमहे।

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Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: अग्नि-

• विश्वेभिः: with all (the gods)
• विश्वेभिः: सह/करण (सहचर्य-करणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व-

• आ: hither, towards (us)
• आ: दिशा/प्रवृत्ति-निर्देशक (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• गहि: come
• गहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• देवेभिः: with the gods
• देवेभिः: सह/करण (सहचर्य-करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• हव्यदातये: for the giving/presentation of the oblation
• हव्यदातये: सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजन/अर्थे दत्तिः)
• Type: Noun (purpose/dative)
• Root: हव्यदाति- (हव्य + दाति)

• होतारम्: the Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
• होतारम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ-

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्-

• वृणीमहे: we choose
• वृणीमहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणुते) / √वृ (चयनार्थे)