Mantra 9

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्वितीयेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

dvitīyébhyaḥ śaṅkhébhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to the second conches.

Word by Word

• द्वितीयेभ्यः: to/for the second (set/ones)
• द्वितीयेभ्यः: Sampradāna (जिसके लिए/जिसको—‘द्वितीयों के लिए’)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि- ‘two’ से क्रमवाचक)

• शङ्खेभ्यः: to/for the conch-shells
• शङ्खेभ्यः: Sampradāna (जिसको अर्पण—‘शङ्खों को/के लिए’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā! (hail; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (यज्ञीय उद्गार; अर्पण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/मन्त्र-शब्द)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Śaṅkha (second grade) as recipient-class

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

Mantra Rasa

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