Rig Veda 1.26.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 26, Mantra 10

Sukta 1.26

Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.26)

Devata: Agni (with all his forms/fires)

Chandas: गायत्री (Gāyatrī) (RV 1.26.1 is commonly Gāyatrī in the Agni hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्वेभिरग्ने अग्निभिरिमं यज्ञमिदं वचः । चनो धाः सहसो यहो ॥

Transliteration

viśvébhir agne agníbhir imáṃ yajñám idáṃ vácaḥ | cánō dhāḥ sáhaso yaho ||

Translation

O Agni, with all thy fires, uphold this sacrifice and this word; set them in us for our delight and growth—O power born of might—so that the movement of offering becomes victorious in the soul.

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Word by Word

• विश्वेभिः: with all (of them)
• विश्वेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) सर्व

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: (Address/Invocation)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निभिः: with the fires / with the Agnis
• अग्निभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वचः: utterance, hymn, word
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चनः: and to us / for us
• चनः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun + particle
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) — enclitic form नः with particle च

• धाः: place, bestow
• धाः: (Predicate; action toward ‘us’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) ‘to place, bestow’

• सहसः: of might, of strength
• सहसः: (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘strength, might’

• यहो: glory, renown
• यहो: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यहो (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic form, ‘glory/renown’)