Mantra 7

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर्यायिकेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

paryāyikébhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to the successive (set).

Word by Word

• पर्यायिकेभ्यः: to/for the successive/periodic ones; to those connected with alternation (पर्याय)
• पर्यायिकेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (दत्तिव्: ‘के लिए/को’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantivized adjective)
• Root: पर्यायिक (प्रातिपदिक; पर्याय + -इक तद्धित)

• स्वाहा: svāhā! (hail!; the offering-formula used in oblations)
• स्वाहा: — (यज्ञीय उद्गार; क्रियाविशेषक/मन्त्र-समापन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late formulaic section)

Devata: The ‘paryāyika’ recipient-class; svāhā as offering-conveyance

Chandas: Yajus-like short formula (non-metrical)

Mantra Rasa

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