Mantra 5
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्राणापानौ मा मा हासिष्टं मा जने प्र मेषि
IAST Transliteration
prā́ṇāpānau mā́ mā́ hāsiṣṭaṃ mā́ jane prá méṣi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O In-breath and Out-breath, forsake me not—nay, forsake me not; go not forth from me among the folk.
Word by Word
प्राणापानौO prāṇa and apāna (the in-breath and out-breath)
प्राणापानौ:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान) / कर्तृ (निषेध-आज्ञायाम्)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण- + अपान- (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा द्वन्द्व-समास
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
हासिष्टम्you two should not abandon / forsake
हासिष्टम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
जनेin (this) person / in the man
जने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, away; intensively
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
एषिyou go away / depart
एषि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्र-इ
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective in AV medical charms; to be confirmed against Anukramaṇī for 16.4).
Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (personified vital airs)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/prose-leaning Atharvanic style; to be metrically verified).
Mantra Rasa
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