Rig Veda 5.26.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 26, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.26

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gayatri (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वीतिहोत्रं त्वा कवे द्युमन्तं समिधीमहि । अग्ने बृहन्तमध्वरे ॥

Transliteration

vītí-hotram tvā kave dyu-mántaṃ sám idhīmahi | ágne bṛhántam adhvaré ||

Translation

You, O sage Agni, whose offering leads to communion, luminous in power—we kindle you wholly. O Agni, grow vast in the sacrifice, becoming the great force in our journey.

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Word by Word

• वीतिहोत्रम्: (you,) the one whose offering/invocation is well-performed / having the ‘vīti’ oblation
• वीतिहोत्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: वीति-होत्र (प्रातिपदिक; वीतिः < √वे/वी ‘to pursue, enjoy, seek’ + होत्र < √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कवे: O sage/poet (seer)
• कवे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यु॒मन्तम्: bright, radiant
• द्यु॒मन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्—त्वा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्यु-मत् (प्रातिपदिक; द्यु ‘brightness, heaven’ + मतुप्)

• समिधीमहि: we kindle (invoke/enkindle)
• समिधीमहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√इध् (इध् दीप्तौ) / समिध् ‘to kindle’

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहन्तम्: great, lofty
• बृहन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्—त्वा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; from √बृह् ‘to grow, be great’)

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice/ritual
• अध्वरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)