Mantra 6

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षुद्रेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

kṣudrébhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to the lesser (set).

Word by Word

• क्षुद्रेभ्यः: to/for the petty (persons/forces)
• क्षुद्रेभ्यः: Sampradāna (recipient/for) — ‘to/for the petty/mean ones’
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: क्षुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā; hail (offering formula)
• स्वाहा: — (mantra-particle; offering-formula)
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; वैदिक उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book formulae; specific ṛṣi not securely assigned for these svāhā-items in many indices)

Devata: Recipient-class designated by the dative (here: ‘the lesser’ as a graded set); svāhā as ritual vehicle

Chandas: Not metrical in the strict sense; a short yajus-like offering formula

Mantra Rasa

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