Mantra 5

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अष्टर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

aṣṭá-ṛ́cebhyas svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā!—unto the Eight-versed (set of Ṛcs).

Word by Word

• अष्टर्चेभ्यः: from the eight-versed (hymns/ṛcs)
• अष्टर्चेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टर्च (प्रातिपदिक; अष्टन् + ऋच्) अथवा अष्टर्चा- (स्त्री.)

• स्वाहा: svāhā; hail! (offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī attribution uncertain for this enumerative segment (often treated as liturgical formulae rather than seer-specific); consult Śaunaka Anukramaṇī for 19.23.

Devata: Ṛc (the verse) as a personified liturgical power; indirectly Agni as carrier via svāhā.

Chandas: Not a metrical verse; a yajus-like formula (prose/short liturgical utterance).

Mantra Rasa

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