Mantra 2

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

षष्ठाय स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhā́ya svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svāhā to the Sixth.

Word by Word

• षष्ठाय: to/for the sixth (one); for the sixth (day/part/person, context-dependent)
• षष्ठाय: सम्प्रदान (दत्तव्य-लक्ष्यः: ‘to/for the sixth’)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal; used substantively)
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā; hail! (offering-formula uttered in oblation)
• स्वाहा: — (यज्ञीय-उद्गारः; कारक-अन्वयः न नियतः)
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (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

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