Mantra 27

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स बृहस्पतेः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá bṛ́haspáteḥ pāśā́n mā́ moci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of Bṛhaspati.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-

• बृहस्पतेः: of Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper/title)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाशान्: nooses/bonds
• पाशान्: Apādāna (with √मुच् ‘release from’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोचि: be released / get free
• मोचि: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचँ) ‘मोचने’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī verification needed)

Devata: Bṛhaspati (as lord of brahman and binding authority)

Chandas: Short anuṣṭubh segment / truncated pāda; likely part of a linked sequence

Mantra Rasa

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