Sukta 26
सूक्तम् 26
Hymn 26 of Rigveda Mandala 2.
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Rigveda · Chapter Mandala 2, Sukta 26 · Verse 2.26.1
ऋ॒जुरिच्छंसो॑ वनवद्वनुष्य॒तो दे॑व॒यन्निददे॑वयन्तम॒भ्य॑सत् । सु॒प्रा॒वीरिद्व॑नवत्पृ॒त्सु दु॒ष्टरं॒ यज्वेदय॑ज्यो॒र्वि भ॑जाति॒ भोज॑नम्
ṛjuricchaṃso vanavadvanuṣyato devayannidadevayantamabhyasat suprāvīridvanavatpṛtsu duṣṭaraṃ yajvedayajyorvi bhajāti bhojanam
The straight, desiring (priest) like a forest-man, offering to the gods, set about offering the sacrificial rite; the hero, as he went through the woods, portioned out food and parted the hard-won sacrificial share.
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Rigveda · Chapter Mandala 2, Sukta 26 · Verse 2.26.2
यज॑स्व वीर॒ प्र वि॑हि मनाय॒तो भ॒द्रं मनः॑ कृणुष्व वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ । ह॒विष्कृ॑णुष्व सु॒भगो॒ यथास॑सि॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पते॒रव॒ आ वृ॑णीमहे
yajasva vīra pra vihi manāyato bhadraṃ manaḥ kṛṇuṣva vṛtratūrye haviṣkṛṇuṣva subhago yathāsasi brahmaṇaspaterava ā vṛṇīmahe
Perform the sacrifice, hero; with mind intent bring forth the auspicious thought, O Vrtrator’s slayer. Make the oblation, bestow the good portion on Brahmanaspati as we choose him.
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Rigveda · Chapter Mandala 2, Sukta 26 · Verse 2.26.3
स इज्जने॑न॒ स वि॒शा स जन्म॑ना॒ स पु॒त्रैर्वाजं॑ भरते॒ धना॒ नृभिः॑ । दे॒वानां॒ यः पि॒तर॑मा॒विवा॑सति श्र॒द्धाम॑ना ह॒विषा॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑म्
sa ijjanena sa viśā sa janmanā sa putrairvājaṃ bharate dhanā nṛbhiḥ devānāṃ yaḥ pitaramāvivāsati śraddhāmanā haviṣā brahmaṇaspatim
He by his own living and by progeny fills abundantly with wealth the people; he who dwells among gods and fathers with faith, with oblations, the preceptor of prayer (Brahmanaspati)
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Rigveda · Chapter Mandala 2, Sukta 26 · Verse 2.26.4
यो अ॑स्मै ह॒व्यैर्घृ॒तव॑द्भि॒रवि॑ध॒त्प्र तं प्रा॒चा न॑यति॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिः॑ । उ॒रु॒ष्यती॒मंह॑सो॒ रक्ष॑ती रि॒षों॒३॒॑ऽहोश्चि॑दस्मा उरु॒चक्रि॒रद्भु॑तः
yo asmai havyairghṛtavadbhiravidhatpra taṃ prācā nayati brahmaṇaspatiḥ uruṣyatīmaṃhaso rakṣatī riṣoṃ3'hościdasmā urucakriradbhutaḥ
Who for this oblation arranged varied ghee-cakes and leads it forward is Brahmanaspati. He protects the wide-spreading rising dawn, the seers’ day and the light brought forth from the vast place.