Rig Veda 9.67.26: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 26
Sukta 9.67
Rishi: Requires Anukramaṇī confirmation for RV 9.67.26.
Devata: Mixed invocation: Savitar, Soma, and Agni (explicit); typical of purification sections where powers collaborate.
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī type; confirm by scan.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्रिभिष्ट्वं देव सवितर्वर्षिष्ठैः सोम धामभिः । अग्ने दक्षैः पुनीहि नः ॥
Transliteration
tribhíṣ tváṃ deva savitar várṣiṣṭhaiḥ soma dhā́mabhiḥ | àgne dákṣaiḥ punīhi naḥ ||
Translation
हे देव सवितः, त्रिभिः—स्वत्रिविधशक्तिभिः—ज्योतिषः सोमस्य वर्षिष्ठैर्धामभिः; हे अग्ने, स्वदक्षैः शक्तिभिर्अस्मान् पुनीहि।
Word by Word
त्रिभिःwith three (means/with threefold [powers])
त्रिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun (numeral used substantively)
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सवितःO Savitṛ
सवितः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्षिष्ठैःwith the most raining/most powerful (best)
वर्षिष्ठैः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्षिष्ठ (वर्षिन्/वृष्-सम्बद्ध, श्रेष्ठार्थक -इष्ठ प्रत्यय)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
धामभिःwith (your) abodes/splendours
धामभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षैःwith powers/skills
दक्षैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
पुनीहिpurify
पुनीहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु; पुनाति) / √pū
नःfor us / us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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