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Rig Veda 1.26.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 26, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.26

Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.26)
Devata: Agni (as universal mediator to all devas)
Chandas: गायत्री (Gāyatrī) (RV 1.26.1 is commonly Gāyatrī in the Agni hymns)

यच्चिद्धि शश्वता तना देवंदेवं यजामहे । त्वे इद्धूयते हविः ॥

yác cid dhí śáśvatā tánā deváṃ-devam yájāmahe | tvé íd hū́yate havíḥ ||

మేము శాశ్వత పరంపరలో, యుగయుగాలుగా, ఏ ఏ దేవతను యజిస్తామో—ఆ హవిస్ నిజంగా, హే అగ్ని, నీలోనే ఆహ్వానింపబడుతుంది. సమస్త దైవశక్తులకు అర్పణద్వారం నీవే.

यत्that which / whatever
यत्:
सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-निर्देश (correlative)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
चित्even / indeed
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात) / enclitic particle
हिfor / indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
शश्वताalways / perpetually
शश्वता:
अधिकारण (काल/रीति-निर्देश, adverbial)
TypeAdjective
Rootशश्वत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
तनाin succession / continuously
तना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतना (अव्ययीभाव/निपात; ‘by extension, in due course’)
देवम्the god
देवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवम्(each) god / god after god
देवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
यजामहेwe worship / we sacrifice to
यजामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु) ‘to worship, sacrifice’
त्वेin you
त्वे:
अधिकारण
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्just / indeed
इत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्/इद् (निपात; Vedic form of ‘इद्/एव’)
हूयतेis invoked / is called
हूयते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे/हू (धातु) ‘to call, invoke’
हविःthe oblation
हविः:
कर्तृ (of passive: ‘the oblation’ as grammatical subject)
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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