Mantra 15
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स निर्भूत्याः पाशान्मा मोचि
IAST Transliteration
sá nírbhūtyāḥ pā́śān mā́ móci
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let him not be loosed from the nooses of Nirbhūti.
Word by Word
सःhe / that one
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
निर्भूत्याःof misfortune / of calamity
निर्भूत्याः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्भूति (प्रातिपदिक; निर्- + √भू ‘to be’ → ‘coming forth/manifestation’; here as a noun)
पाशान्nooses, bonds
पाशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाश (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
मोचिrelease (you) / let (him) be released
मोचि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मुचँ) ‘to release, free’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)
Devata: Nirbhūti (personified binding power) / Pāśa (bond) as operative force
Chandas: Short cadence; mantraic injunction (meter not primary)
Mantra Rasa
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