Mantra 15

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अष्टादशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

aṣṭādaśar̥cébhyaḥ svāhā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to the eighteen Ṛc-verses.

Word by Word

• अष्टादशर्चेभ्यः: from the eighteen ṛc-verses / of the eighteen ṛc-verses
• अष्टादशर्चेभ्यः: Apādāna (पञ्चमी: ‘from/away from’); वैकल्पिक: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी: ‘of’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टादश-ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक: अष्टादश + ऋच् ‘ऋग्/ऋचा’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; formula uttered with an offering)
• स्वाहा: — (उद्गार/मन्त्र-समापन; आहुत्यनुज्ञा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-प्रयोग)

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in the excerpt; likely treated as an ancillary/prayoga unit within AV 19.

Devata: Svāhā / the addressed numerical-ritual totality (implicit Agni as carrier).

Chandas: Not applicable as a metrical hymn-verse; a short yajus-like offering formula.

Mantra Rasa

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