Mantra 1

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आथर्वणानां चतुरृचेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

ātharvaṇā́nāṁ catur-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svāhā to the Atharvanic four-versed sets.

Word by Word

• आथर्वणानाम्: of the Atharvaṇas (Atharvan priests / Atharvan tradition)
• आथर्वणानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation) / विशेषण-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun
• Root: आथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक; अथर्वन्-सम्बद्ध) अथवा अथर्वण्-शब्द

• चतुरृचेभ्यः: to/for (or: from) the four-versed (ṛc-) hymns
• चतुरृचेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (to/for) अथवा अपादान (from) — प्रसङ्गानुसार
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुरृच् (प्रातिपदिक; चतसृ + ऋच् ‘four-versed (hymns)’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; the offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-उद्गार; कारकातीत)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-आह्वानशब्द)

Attribution

Rishi: Liturgical/Anukramaṇī-type formula (no single r̥ṣi; treated as ritual rubric-mantra)

Devata: Verse-set (caturṛca) within Atharvanic tradition; svāhā as offering-marker

Chandas: Prose-like formula; not primarily metrical

Mantra Rasa

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