Mantra 14

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सप्तदशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

saptadaśa-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—unto the seventeen ṛc-verses: Svāhā.

Word by Word

• सप्तदशर्चेभ्यः: from (or: for) the seventeen ṛc-verses
• सप्तदशर्चेभ्यः: अपादान (ablative: ‘from/away from’) / सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’) — मन्त्र-प्रयोगे ‘-भ्यः’ प्रायः ‘to/for’ इत्यर्थे दत्तिवत् प्रयुज्यते
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सप्तदश-ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक: सप्तदश + ऋच् ‘ऋग्/ऋचा’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā! (hail!; the offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-सम्बोधन/हविर्दान-चिह्न) — आहुत्यर्पण-प्रयोगे
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/मन्त्र-उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī-dependent; not provided.

Devata: Seventeen-ṛc portion as recipient (metatextual).

Chandas: Formulaic; not a standard metrical chandas.

Mantra Rasa

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