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Atharva Veda 19.23.11: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 11

Sukta 23

च॒तु॒र्द॒श॒र्चेभ्यः॒ स्वाहा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.23.11

caturdaśa-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

Oblation—unto the fourteen ṛc-verses: Svāhā.

अब चौदह ऋच मंत्रों की बारी है। इनके लिए भी हवन में घी डाला जा रहा है। स्वाहा, आग को समर्पित किया जा रहा है।

चतुर्दशर्चेभ्यःfrom the fourteen verses (ṛc-s) / from the set of fourteen ṛks
चतुर्दशर्चेभ्यः:
Apādāna (ablative: ‘from/away from’) / वैकल्पिकः: Sampradāna (dative sense possible in mantra-context) — रूपतः भ्यः = पञ्चमी/षष्ठी बहुवचन
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootचतुर्दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + ऋच् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘ऋच्’ = ऋग्/ऋचा ‘ऋक्-मन्त्रः’)
स्वाहाsvāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
स्वाहा:
— (ritual exclamation; not a kāraka-bearing subanta)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार-शब्दः; यज्ञीय-प्रयोगः)

Rishi: Anukramaṇī-dependent; requires hymn metadata from a critical index.

Devata: Counted ṛc-unit (fourteen-ṛc portion) as recipient.

Chandas: Yajus-like short formula; not classifiable as a standard chandas.

Primary: shanta

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