Rig Veda 5.26.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 26, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.26

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

Devata: Yajña as sacred process (with implicit Devāḥ as sitters); Agni remains the enabling power in the surrounding hymn-context

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र यज्ञ एत्वानुषगद्या देवव्यचस्तमः । स्तृणीत बर्हिरासदे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.26.8

Transliteration

prá yajñá étv ānuṣág adyā́ devávyacastamaḥ | stṛṇītá bárhir āsáde ||

Translation

अद्य यज्ञोऽनुषग् एतु—देवव्यचस्तमः। देवतानाम् आसनाय बर्हिर् आस्तीर्यताम्।

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतु: let (it) go/come
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• अनुषक्: in due order, successively, following
• अनुषक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुषक् (अव्यय)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• देवव्यचस्तमः: most divinely-radiant / most god-illuminating
• देवव्यचस्तमः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवव्यचस्-तम (प्रातिपदिक; देव-व्यचस् + तमप्)

• स्तृणीत: spread (you all)
• स्तृणीत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तॄ (धातु)

• बर्हिः: the sacrificial grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसदे: let (him/it) sit down; for sitting/approaching
• आसदे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)