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Rig Veda 1.26.2Mandala 1, Sukta 26, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.26

Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.26)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: गायत्री (Gāyatrī) (RV 1.26.1 is commonly Gāyatrī in the Agni hymns)

नि नो होता वरेण्यः सदा यविष्ठ मन्मभिः । अग्ने दिवित्मता वचः ॥

ní no hotā́ váreṇyaḥ sádā yaviṣṭha mánmabhiḥ | ágne divitmátā vácaḥ ||

అగ్నీ, మా వరేణ్య హోతా—సదా యవిష్ఠ, శక్తిలో నిత్య యౌవనుడు—దివ్య ప్రకాశంతో దీప్తమగు ఆ వచనాన్ని మాలో స్థాపించు; మనస్సును సత్యం వైపు పైకి నడిపించే ప్రేరిత వాణిని ప్రసాదించు.

निdown; in; towards (as preverb)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
होताthe Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (from √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)
वरेण्यःchoice-worthy; excellent
वरेण्यः:
कर्तृ (qualifier of होताः)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरेण्य (from √वृ ‘to choose’, ‘worthy to be chosen’)
सदाalways
सदा:
अधिकारण (temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
यविष्ठO youngest (most youthful)
यविष्ठ:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootयविष्ठ (superlative of युवा/युवन् ‘young’)
मन्मभिःwith thoughts; with devotions
मन्मभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमन्मन् (n.)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
दिवित्मताwith heavenly (radiant) power; heaven-possessing
दिवित्मता:
करण (qualifier of वचः understood as ‘with…speech’ / or of the act of invoking)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिवित्मत् (possessing ‘heavenliness/brightness’; from दिव्)
वचःspeech; utterance; hymn
वचः:
कर्तृ (as the utterance/prayer) / or कर्म (as ‘speech’ offered) بحسب interpretation
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (n.)

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