Mantra 13
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स मा जीवीत् तं प्राणो जहातु
IAST Transliteration
sá mā jī́vit táṃ prāṇó jahātu
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let him not live: let breath, the life-force, abandon that man.
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माnot / do not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय) अथवा मा (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, द्वितीया) — सन्दर्भे निषेधः
जीवीत्let (him) live / may he live
जीवीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जीव् (जीवँ प्राणधारणे)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्राणःthe life-breath
प्राणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
जहातुlet (it) leave / abandon
जहातु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हा (हाण् त्यागे) — जहाति
Attribution
Rishi: Unspecified in provided excerpt (requires Anukramaṇī for 16.7).
Devata: Prāṇa (vital force) as operative agency; secondarily the mantra’s brahman-power.
Chandas: Unspecified in provided excerpt (likely anuṣṭubh segment; requires scan).
Mantra Rasa
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