Atharva Veda 19.23.20: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 20

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ए॒क॒र्चेभ्यः॒ स्वाहा॑

IAST Transliteration

ekarcébhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā!—unto the Single-Ṛc’s.

Translation

जिन मंत्रों में एक ही शब्द या लाइन है, उन सब के लिए हवन में घी डालते हैं। स्वाहा।

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Word by Word

• एकर्चेभ्यः: to/for (or from) the single-verse (ṛc) hymns/reciters
• एकर्चेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकर्च (प्रातिपदिक; एक + ऋच् ‘ऋक्/ऋचा’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-आह्वान)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (enumerative homa-formulae; specific ṛṣi not foregrounded in this segment)

Devata: Recipient-class ‘Ekarcá’ (ritually personified addressee of the oblation)

Chandas: Not metrical in the strict sense; a yajus-like offering formula (svāhā-phrase)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta