Mantra 11

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उपोत्तमेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

upóttamebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svāhā unto those that are nigh unto the Highest.

Word by Word

• उपोत्-तमेभ्यः: to/for the most excellent (ones) / to the highest
• उपोत्-तमेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (यजमान-प्रयोगे ‘कस्मै/केभ्यः’ = ‘to/for’)
• Type: विशेषण (Adjective) / संज्ञावत् प्रयोग
• Root: उपोत्-तम (प्रातिपदिक; उप + उत् + तम) अथवा उपोत्तम (समास/तद्धित-रूप)

• स्वाहा: svāhā! (hail!; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (यज्ञीय उद्गार; हविः-समर्पण-चिह्न)
• Type: अव्यय (Ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-आह्वान-शब्द)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (litany-style; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the isolated excerpt)

Devata: Graded recipients (‘uttama’ class) addressed through svāhā; fire as implicit conveyor

Chandas: Not metrical in the strict sense; a yajus-like offering formula (prose/short liturgical unit)

Mantra Rasa

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