Mantra 11

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चतुर्दशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

caturdaśa-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—unto the fourteen ṛc-verses: Svāhā.

Word by Word

• चतुर्दशर्चेभ्यः: from the fourteen verses (ṛc-s) / from the set of fourteen ṛks
• चतुर्दशर्चेभ्यः: Apādāna (ablative: ‘from/away from’) / वैकल्पिकः: Sampradāna (dative sense possible in mantra-context) — रूपतः भ्यः = पञ्चमी/षष्ठी बहुवचन
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + ऋच् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘ऋच्’ = ऋग्/ऋचा ‘ऋक्-मन्त्रः’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (ritual exclamation; not a kāraka-bearing subanta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार-शब्दः; यज्ञीय-प्रयोगः)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī-dependent; requires hymn metadata from a critical index.

Devata: Counted ṛc-unit (fourteen-ṛc portion) as recipient.

Chandas: Yajus-like short formula; not classifiable as a standard chandas.

Mantra Rasa

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