Mantra 4

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सप्तर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

saptá-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svāhā to the seven-versed sets.

Word by Word

• सप्तर्चेभ्यः: from the seven-versed (hymns/ṛcs)
• सप्तर्चेभ्यः: अपादान (ablative sense: ‘from’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तर्चि- (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + ऋच्/ऋचा ‘ऋक्/ऋचा’ → ‘सप्त-ऋच्/सप्तर्चि’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (oblation-call: ‘hail!’)
• स्वाहा: — (उद्गार/मन्त्र-सम्बोधन; कारक-अन्वयः न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-आह्वानशब्द)

Attribution

Rishi: Liturgical formula (non-attributed)

Devata: Saptar̥ca verse-set (designated recipient)

Chandas: Formulaic; not metrical

Mantra Rasa

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