Mantra 3

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सप्तमाष्टमाभ्यां स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

saptamāṣṭamā́bhyāṃ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svāhā to the Seventh and the Eighth together.

Translation

ஏழாவதும் எட்டாவதும்—இரண்டிற்கும் ஸ்வாஹா.

Word by Word

• सप्तमाष्टमाभ्याम्: with the seventh and the eighth
• सप्तमाष्टमाभ्याम्: करण (instrumental: ‘with/by means of’)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal numerals)
• Root: सप्तम (सप्तन्) + अष्टम (अष्टन्)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (मन्त्र-उद्गारः; हविर्दाने आह्वान/समर्पणसूचकः)
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/मन्त्र-शब्दः)

Attribution

Rishi: Not explicit; rubric-style

Devata: Agni (implicit); seventh-and-eighth positions as ritual recipients

Chandas: Yajus-style formula

Mantra Rasa

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