Atharva Veda 5.26.2: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 26, Mantra 2

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यु॒नक्तु॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता प्र॑जा॒नन्न॒स्मिन् य॒ज्ञे म॑हि॒षः स्वाहा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.26.2

IAST Transliteration

yunáktu deváḥ savitā́ prajā́nann asmín yajñé mahiṣáḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Savitar, the God, the mighty One, discerning well, yoke (all duly) in this sacrifice: Svāhā.

Translation

ขอพระสวิตฤ (Savitar) เทพผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ ผู้รู้แจ้งจำแนกได้ จงผูกเทียม (yuj) ให้ถูกต้องในพิธีบูชานี้: สวาหา (svāhā).

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Word by Word

• युनक्तु: may (he) yoke/join/appoint
• युनक्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (युजँ समाधौ/युजिर् योगे)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• सविता: Savitar (the impeller)
• सविता: कर्तृ (देवः सविता = कर्तृसमासार्थः/समानाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• प्रजानन्: knowing, being aware
• प्रजानन्: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: प्र + ज्ञा (ज्ञा अवबोधने) → प्रजानत् (वर्तमानकृदन्तः)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)

• यज्ञे: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• महिषः: the mighty one / bull (epithet)
• महिषः: कर्तृ (युनक्तु इत्यस्य; अथवा देवः सविता इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-उद्गारः/सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गारः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective for this liturgical sequence)

Devata: Savitar (as ritual impeller/yoker)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (liturgical prose-verse; mixed cadence typical of offering formulas)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta