Mantra 23

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स देवजामीनां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá devajāmīnā́m pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of the Devajāmins.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: कर्तृ (Kartā)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवजामीनाम्: of the देवजामी-s (divine/related women; a class of female beings)
• देवजामीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवजामी (प्रातिपदिक; देव + जामी)

• पाशान्: nooses/bonds
• पाशान्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• मोचि: let (him/it) not release / may he not free
• मोचि: क्रिया (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī confirmation needed).

Devata: Devajāmins (as binding agents) / the binding force itself.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh fragment (requires scan with surrounding verses).

Mantra Rasa

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