Mantra 8

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रथमेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

prathamébhyaḥ śaṅkhébhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to the first conches.

Word by Word

• प्रथमेभ्यः: to the first (ones)
• प्रथमेभ्यः: Sampradāna (स्वाहा-प्रयोगे समर्पणार्थे ‘to’)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक) < प्रथ (क्रमे/पूर्वत्वे) + तम (तद्धित) (व्युत्पत्त्यर्थे)

• शङ्खेभ्यः: to the conch-shells / to the conches
• शङ्खेभ्यः: Sampradāna (स्वाहा-प्रयोगे आहुत्यर्पण-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (मन्त्र-उद्गार; आहुत्यर्पण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; वैदिक-आहुत्युद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late ritual formulae)

Devata: Śaṅkha (conch) as empowered implement/recipient-class

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

Mantra Rasa

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