Mantra 31

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स प्रजापतेः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá prajā́pateḥ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from Prajāpati’s nooses.

Word by Word

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

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• मोचि: be released / be freed
• मोचि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) — लुङ् (आज्ञार्थे) आत्मनेपदम्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)

Devata: Prajāpati (as binder) / Pāśa (bond)

Chandas: Short formula (non-metrical or truncated anuṣṭubh segment)

Mantra Rasa

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