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Mantra 1

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पाशमोचनम्। आशानामाशापालेभ्यश्चतुर्भ्यो अमृतेभ्यः । इदं भूतस्याध्यक्षेभ्यो विधेम हविषा वयम्

IAST Transliteration

pāśamócanam | āśā́nām āśāpālébhyaś catúrbhyo amṛ́tebhyaḥ | idáṃ bhūtásyā́dhyakṣebhyo vidhéma havíṣā vayám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Loosening of the noose. Unto the Āśās, unto the warders of Āśā, the four Immortals—to the overseers of the creature—this oblation here would we duly offer.

Word by Word

पाशमोचनम्bond-release; loosening of fetters

आशानाम्of the hopes/expectations

आशापालेभ्यःto the guardians of hope

चand

चतुर्भ्यःto/for the four

अमृतेभ्यःto/for the immortals; deathless ones

इदम्this

भूतस्यof what has become/come to be; of the being

अध्यक्षेभ्यःto/for the overseers; presiding powers

विधेमmay we offer/perform; may we arrange

हविषाwith oblation

वयम्we

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras attribution for apotropaic karman; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the supplied excerpt).

Devata: Āśā(s) and Āśāpāla(s); ‘Adhyakṣa’ overseers (fourfold immortals/guardians).

Chandas: Mixed/irregular prose-anuṣṭubh tendency (mantric cadence; exact metrical classification uncertain from the excerpt alone).

Mantra Rasa

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