Mantra 13

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत्तरेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

uttarebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svāhā unto the Higher Ones.

Word by Word

• उत्तरेभ्यः: to/for the northern/higher ones (i.e., to those in the north/upper direction)
• उत्तरेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (दत्त्यर्थे) — ‘for/to the उत्तराः’
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) < उttar(a)- ‘higher, northern, later’

• स्वाहा: svāhā! (hail!; the offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (यज्ञीय-उद्गार; आहुत्यनुष्ठान-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-प्रयोग)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Recipient-class ‘uttara’; Agni implicit

Chandas: Yajus-like offering formula

Mantra Rasa

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