Shloka 26

ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि यजमानश्न षोडश । अग्निज्ञेयो गृहपति: स सप्तदश उच्यते,ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद और यजमान--ये चार मिलकर सोलह यज्ञांग होते हैं तथा गार्हपत्य अग्निको सत्रहवाँ यज्ञांग समझना चाहिये। इस प्रकार ये सत्रह अंग बताये जाते हैं

ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni yajamānaś ca ṣoḍaśa | agnijñeyo gṛhapatiḥ sa saptadaśa ucyate ||

ฤค ยชุส สามัน และยชมานะ—รวมกันเป็นองค์ยัชญะสิบหกประการ; และไฟคฤหบัติยะ ซึ่งรู้จักกันว่า ‘คฤหปติ’ นั้น กล่าวกันว่าเป็นองค์ยัชญะประการที่สิบเจ็ด

ऋचःṚk-verses
ऋचः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (स्त्री.)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
यजूंषिYajus-formulas
यजूंषि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (नपुं.)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
सामानिSāman-chants
सामानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (नपुं.)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
यजमानःthe sacrificer
यजमानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (पुं.)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
षोडशsixteen
षोडश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootषोडश (संख्या)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अग्निःthe fire (Agni)
अग्निः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (पुं.)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ज्ञेयःto be known/should be understood
ज्ञेयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञेय (√ज्ञा, क्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गृहपतिःthe householder (gārhapatya)
गृहपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगृहपति (पुं.)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe/that
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सप्तदशseventeen
सप्तदश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तदश (संख्या)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said/is called
उच्यते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (उच्यते; कर्मणि-प्रयोग)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive

कपिल उवाच

K
Kapila
Ṛgveda (ṛc)
Y
Yajurveda (yajus)
S
Sāmaveda (sāman)
Y
Yajamāna (sacrificer)
A
Agni
G
Gṛhapati / Gārhapatya fire

Educational Q&A

That sacrifice (yajña) is an integrated system: Vedic utterance (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman) must be joined with the responsible agent (yajamāna), and sustained by the household sacred fire (gārhapatya/gṛhapati). Dharma in ritual depends on completeness—right elements, right roles, and continuity of the sacred fire.

Kapila is instructing about the constituents (aṅgas) of yajña, enumerating them as sixteen when counting the three Vedic streams of mantra plus the sacrificer, and adding the gārhapatya (household) fire as the seventeenth, emphasizing its foundational status in Vedic practice.