Mantra 14

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः

IAST Transliteration

tásmād amúṃ nírbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore we portion off that yonder man—him, the son of such-an-one, the descendant of such-an-one: that is he who (is meant).

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुम्: that man (him)
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निर्भजामः: we drive out / expel / remove
• निर्भजामः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (भजँ सेवायाम्/विभागे) + निर्- (उपसर्ग)

• अमुम्: that man (him)
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आमुष्यायणम्: the descendant of so-and-so (Āmuṣyāyaṇa)
• आमुष्यायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/lineage epithet)
• Root: आमुष्यायण (गोत्र/पितृनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘of such-and-such a lineage’)

• अमुष्याः: of that woman (of so-and-so)
• अमुष्याः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• असौ: that (yonder) person
• असौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative clause)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (sūkta-level attribution uncertain for this excerpt alone)

Devata: Indeterminate; operative power of the mantra (vac) directed against a human target

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like prose-verse (identificatory formula; meter secondary to performative precision)

Mantra Rasa

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