Atharva Veda 19.22.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 2
Sukta 22
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ष॒ष्ठाय॒ स्वाहा॑
IAST Transliteration
ṣaṣṭhā́ya svā́hā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Svāhā to the Sixth.
Translation
अब छठ नंबर के अनुवाक के लिए स्वाहा बोल रहे हैं। इसमें भी अग्नि को समर्पित करते हैं।
Word by Word
षष्ठायto/for the sixth (one); for the sixth (day/part/person, context-dependent)
षष्ठाय:
सम्प्रदान (दत्तव्य-लक्ष्यः: ‘to/for the sixth’)
TypeAdjective (ordinal; used substantively)
Rootषष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वाहाsvāhā; hail! (offering-formula uttered in oblation)
स्वाहा:
— (यज्ञीय-उद्गारः; कारक-अन्वयः न नियतः)
TypeIndeclinable (ritual exclamation)
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; वैदिक उद्गार)
Attribution
Rishi: Not explicit; rubric-style (series formula)
Devata: Agni (implicit as offering-conduit); ‘the Sixth’ as a positional recipient within the rite
Chandas: Yajus-style formula (non-strophic)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
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