Mantra 10

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रयोदशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

trayódaśa-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—unto the thirteen ṛc-verses: Svāhā.

Word by Word

• त्रयोदशर्चेभ्यः: to/for the thirteen ṛc-verses (i.e., to the group of thirteen hymns/verses)
• त्रयोदशर्चेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (यज्ञे हविः-समर्पणस्य प्राप्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदश-ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक: त्रयोदश + ऋच् ‘ऋग्/ऋचा’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā; hail! (formula uttered at oblation)
• स्वाहा: — (उद्गार/समर्पण-चिह्नः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/यज्ञीय-उद्गारः)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī-dependent; for AVŚ 19.23 these are typically treated as ritual formulas rather than seer-driven poetry (exact r̥ṣi requires the hymn’s anukramaṇī).

Devata: The ‘ṛc-verses’ as a counted ritual recipient (metatextual devatā/portion); oblation is directed to the numbered set.

Chandas: Not a metrical verse in the strict sense; a yajus-like offering-formula (prose/short formula).

Mantra Rasa

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