Mantra 28

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मङ्गलिकेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

maṅgalikébhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation, svāhā, unto the Auspicious Ones.

Word by Word

• मङ्गलिकेभ्यः: to/for the auspicious ones; to the auspicious (powers/beings)
• मङ्गलिकेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (स्वाहा-प्रयोगे: ‘उनके लिए/उनको’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मङ्गलिक (प्रातिपदिक; मङ्गल + -इक प्रत्यय) अथवा मङ्गलिन्-सम्बद्ध विशेषण

• स्वाहा: svāhā; hail! (oblation formula)
• स्वाहा: — (यज्ञीय उद्गार/वाक्य-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय आहुत्यन्त-शब्द)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Maṅgalikāḥ (collective auspicious powers)

Chandas: Yajus-like formula (non-metrical)

Mantra Rasa

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