Mantra 13

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

षोडशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

ṣoḍaśa-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—unto the sixteen ṛc-verses: Svāhā.

Word by Word

• षोडशर्चेभ्यः: to/for the sixteen ṛc-verses (or: from the sixteen ṛc-verses)
• षोडशर्चेभ्यः: Sampradāna (दत्तिवाचक) / Apādāna (पञ्चमी-सम्भव) — प्रसङ्गानुसारं
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: षोडश (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक) + ऋच् (स्त्री., प्रातिपदिक ‘ऋच्’ = ऋग्/ऋचा ‘ऋक्-मन्त्र’)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī-dependent; not in input.

Devata: Sixteen-ṛc portion as recipient.

Chandas: Non-metrical offering-formula.

Mantra Rasa

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