Mantra 7

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

daśá-ṛ́cebhyas svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Word by Word

• दशर्चेभ्यः: to/for the ‘ten-ṛc’ (ten-verse) groups/recitations
• दशर्चेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (यजमान-प्रयोगे ‘कस्मै स्वाहा’ = ‘to/for’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशर्च (प्रातिपदिक; दश + ऋच्) अथवा दशऋच्- (समासाधारित प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā; ‘hail!’ (oblation call)
• स्वाहा: — (हविर्दान-सम्बद्ध उद्गार; ‘oblation-formula’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; वैदिक यज्ञीय-उच्चारण)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/series-formula attribution; consult Anukramaṇī.

Devata: Ṛc-set; Agni implied.

Chandas: Yajus-like formula.

Mantra Rasa

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