Atharva Veda 9.3.25: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 25

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राच्या॑ दि॒शः शाला॑या॒ नमो॑ महि॒म्ने स्वाहा॑ दे॒वेभ्यः॑ स्वा॒ह्येऽभ्यः

IAST Transliteration

prā́cyā diśáḥ śā́lāyā námo mahimné svā́hā devébhyaḥ svā́hā yé’bhyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To the Eastern Quarter of the Hall—obeisance to its majesty: svāhā! To the Gods—svāhā! svāhā to those that are here invoked.

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Word by Word

• प्राच्या: eastern
• प्राच्या: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राच् (प्राच्-प्रातिपदिक) / प्राञ्च्

• दिशः: direction (quarter)
• दिशः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक: दिश्-)

• शालायै: to the hall/house (śālā)
• शालायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance, salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महिम्ने: to the greatness/majesty
• महिम्ने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (offering-exclamation)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (अव्यय/निपात)

• देवेभ्यः: to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाह्येभ्यः: to those worthy of svāhā / to the svāhā-receiving (gods)
• स्वाह्येभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाह्य (प्रातिपदिक; स्वाहा-सम्बद्ध/स्वाहार्ह)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic corpus (not explicit here)

Devata: Prācī Diś (Eastern Quarter) and Devāḥ (gods/guardians)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (short salutation formula)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta