Rig Veda 5.26.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 26, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.26
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (Mandala 5 Agni hymns generally Ātreya; verify per Anukramaṇī for RV 5.26)
Devata: Yajña as sacred process (with implicit Devāḥ as sitters); Agni remains the enabling power in the surrounding hymn-context
Chandas: Gayatri (likely for RV 5.26 opening; verify by syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यज्ञ एत्वानुषगद्या देवव्यचस्तमः । स्तृणीत बर्हिरासदे ॥
Transliteration
prá yajñá étv ānuṣág adyā́ devávyacastamaḥ | stṛṇītá bárhir āsáde ||
Translation
Let the sacrifice go forth today in its ordered succession, most wide in its divine reach; spread the sacred seat so that the Powers may sit in the prepared consciousness.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यज्ञःthe sacrifice, ritual
यज्ञः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
एतुlet (it) go/come
एतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
अनुषक्in due order, successively, following
अनुषक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुषक् (अव्यय)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
देवव्यचस्तमःmost divinely-radiant / most god-illuminating
देवव्यचस्तमः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवव्यचस्-तम (प्रातिपदिक; देव-व्यचस् + तमप्)
स्तृणीतspread (you all)
स्तृणीत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्तॄ (धातु)
बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आसदेlet (him/it) sit down; for sitting/approaching
आसदे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootआ + सद् (धातु)
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