Mantra 18

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महत्काण्डाय स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

mahatkāṇḍā́ya svāhā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to the Great Section.

Word by Word

• महत्काण्डाय: to/for the great ‘kāṇḍa’ (section/branch; here: the great Kāṇḍa)
• महत्काण्डाय: सम्प्रदान (dative: ‘for/to’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + काण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; utterance at an offering)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in the excerpt.

Devata: The ‘Great Section’ as a ritualized abstraction; implicit Agni.

Chandas: Not applicable (formulaic).

Mantra Rasa

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