Mantra 10
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः
IAST Transliteration
tásmād amúṃ nírbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyā́yaṇam ámuṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Therefore we portion him away—him, the son of such an one, the son of that woman—this man who (is our foe).
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore; from that (cause)
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमुम्that (yonder) man/person
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निर्भजामःwe drive away / expel / banish
निर्भजामः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभज्
अमुम्that (yonder) one
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आमुष्यायणम्the descendant/son of that man (of such-and-such lineage)
आमुष्यायणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (patronymic/lineage term)
Rootआमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र/वंश-निर्देशकः ‘अमुष्य’ + अयन/आयन)
अमुष्याःof that (woman/person)
अमुष्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘of that (woman/man)’)
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असौthat (yonder) one; he
असौ:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (relative clause subject)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; सम्बन्धबोधकः)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Mantra as operative force (kriyā-śakti); the ‘share’ (bhāga) conceptually personified
Chandas: Prose/ritual formula
Mantra Rasa
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