Mantra 2

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पञ्चर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

pañcá-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svāhā to the five-versed sets.

Word by Word

• पञ्चर्चेभ्यः: to/for the five-versed (hymns/ṛc-s); to the group of five ṛc-s
• पञ्चर्चेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (यजमान-प्रयोगे: ‘—भ्यः स्वाहा’ = ‘—के लिये/—को अर्पण’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पञ्चर्च (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + ऋच् ‘ऋग्/ऋचा’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā; hail! (formula uttered on offering)
• स्वाहा: (यज्ञीय उद्गार; आहुति-समर्पण-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-आह्वान)

Attribution

Rishi: Liturgical formula (non-attributed)

Devata: Pañcarca verse-set (as offering-recipient by designation)

Chandas: Formulaic; not metrical

Mantra Rasa

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