Atharva Veda 19.23.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 2
Sukta 23
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प॒ञ्च॒र्चेभ्यः॒ स्वाहा॑
IAST Transliteration
pañcá-ṛ́cebhyaḥ svā́hā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Svāhā to the five-versed sets.
Translation
ขอถวายสวาหา (svāhā) แด่หมวดคาถาห้าบท.
Word by Word
पञ्चर्चेभ्यःto/for the five-versed (hymns/ṛc-s); to the group of five ṛc-s
पञ्चर्चेभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान (यजमान-प्रयोगे: ‘—भ्यः स्वाहा’ = ‘—के लिये/—को अर्पण’)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootपञ्चर्च (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + ऋच् ‘ऋग्/ऋचा’)
स्वाहाsvāhā; hail! (formula uttered on offering)
स्वाहा:
(यज्ञीय उद्गार; आहुति-समर्पण-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable (ritual exclamation)
Rootस्वाहा (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
Primary: shanta
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