Mantra 104

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३१। स मृत्योः पड्वीशात् पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá mṛtyóḥ paḍvī́śāt pāśā́n mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May he release me from the nooses of Death, from Death the setter of the snare.

Translation

لِيُطْلِقْنِي مِنْ أَحْبَالِ مِرْتْيُو (الموت)، مِنْ مِرْتْيُو نَاصِبِ الشَّرَكِ.

Word by Word

• स: he / that one
• स: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सः-शब्दः; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा एतद्-तद्-प्रत्ययः

• मृत्योः: of death
• मृत्योः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पड्वीशात्: from the lord/holder of the fetter (a death-associated power)
• पड्वीशात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun (epithet/title)
• Root: पड्वीश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पड्वीश’ = ‘पड्वी’ इत्यस्य स्वामी/अधिपः इति व्युत्पत्त्या; वैदिक-विशेष-शब्दः)

• पाशान्: nooses, bonds
• पाशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• मोचि: may (he) be released / let (him) be freed
• मोचि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु; ‘to release, free’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for AVŚ 16.8 requires padānukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Mṛtyu (Death) / the releasing counter-power invoked against Mṛtyu’s bonds

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact metrical classification requires full hymn context)

Mantra Rasa

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