Mantra 6

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नवर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

náva-ṛ́cebhyas svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā!—unto the Nine-versed (set of Ṛcs).

Word by Word

• नवर्चेभ्यः: to/for the nine-versed (deities/ṛṣis/hymns)
• नवर्चेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (स्वाहा-प्रयोगे ‘अमुक-देवताभ्यः’ इति दत्तिः/अर्पणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवर्च (प्रातिपदिक; नव + ऋच् ‘ऋक्/ऋचा’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā; hail (offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (उद्गार/हविर्दान-सूचकः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय-उद्गारः)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/series-formula attribution; consult Śaunaka Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 19.23.

Devata: Ṛc (verse-set) as recipient; Agni as conveyor implied by svāhā.

Chandas: Yajus-like formula (non-metrical).

Mantra Rasa

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