Atharva Veda 19.22.10: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 10
Sukta 22
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तृ॒ती॒येभ्यः॑ श॒ङ्खेभ्यः॒ स्वाहा॑
IAST Transliteration
tṛtīyébhyaḥ śaṅkhébhyaḥ svā́hā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Oblation—Svāhā—to the third conches.
Translation
तीसरे शंख के लिए आहुति देना है। स्वाहा बोल के यह समर्पित करते हैं।
Word by Word
तृतीयेभ्यःto/for the third (set/ones)
तृतीयेभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान (यजमान-प्रयोगे: ‘तृतीयेषु/तृतीयानां समूहानां प्रति’)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
शङ्खेभ्यःto/for the conches (shells)
शङ्खेभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान (स्वाहाकार-समर्पणस्य प्राप्ता: ‘शङ्खेभ्यः’)
TypeNoun
Rootशङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वाहाsvāhā (hail; offering-formula)
स्वाहा:
— (मन्त्र-उद्गार/आहुत्यनुज्ञा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय-उद्गार)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Śaṅkha (third grade) as recipient-class
Chandas: Yajus-like short formula (non-metrical)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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