Mantra 10

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तृतीयेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

tṛtīyébhyaḥ śaṅkhébhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to the third conches.

Word by Word

• तृतीयेभ्यः: to/for the third (set/ones)
• तृतीयेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (यजमान-प्रयोगे: ‘तृतीयेषु/तृतीयानां समूहानां प्रति’)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)

• शङ्खेभ्यः: to/for the conches (shells)
• शङ्खेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (स्वाहाकार-समर्पणस्य प्राप्ता: ‘शङ्खेभ्यः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (मन्त्र-उद्गार/आहुत्यनुज्ञा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय-उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Śaṅkha (third grade) as recipient-class

Chandas: Yajus-like short formula (non-metrical)

Mantra Rasa

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