Mantra 27

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विषासह्यै स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

viṣāsahyái svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation, svāhā, unto the Poison-overcoming (Power).

Word by Word

• वि॒षा॒स॒ह्यै: to/for the poison-overcoming (goddess/force/remedy)
• वि॒षा॒स॒ह्यै: सम्प्रदान (to/for; recipient/beneficiary of offering) अथवा प्रयोजन (for the purpose of)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like epithet
• Root: वि॒षा॒स॒ह्य- (प्रातिपदिक; विष + सह्य, ‘poison-enduring/poison-overcoming’)

• स्वाहा॑: svāhā; ‘hail!’ (oblation formula)
• स्वाहा॑: — (mantric exclamation marking offering) अथवा क्रियाविशेषण-भाव (in the manner of offering)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-आह्वान)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Viṣāsahyā (personified antidote/anti-poison power)

Chandas: Yajus-like formula (non-metrical)

Mantra Rasa

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