Mantra 3
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मा मां प्राणो हासीन्मो अपानोऽवहाय परा गात्
IAST Transliteration
mā́ māṃ prāṇó hāsīn mó u apā́nó ’vahā́ya párā gāt
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let not the Breath forsake me; let not the Out-breath, casting me off, depart away.
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्राणःthe vital breath (prāṇa)
प्राणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
हासीः(you) should abandon/leave
हासीः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु; ‘त्यागे/हानौ’)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
अपानःthe downward breath (apāna)
अपानः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअपान (प्रातिपदिक)
अवहायhaving abandoned (me)
अवहाय:
—
TypeVerb (Absolutive)
Rootअव + हा (धातु; ‘त्यागे/हानौ’)
पराःaway
पराः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-स्वरूप; ‘दूरम्/अपगमे’)
गात्went / may go
गात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगा (धातु; ‘गतौ/गमने’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (requires anukramaṇī collation)
Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (personified vital breaths)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (needs scan; Atharvanic breath-formulas often compress meter)
Mantra Rasa
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