Mantra 39

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स आर्षेयाणां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá ārṣeyā́ṇāṃ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Word by Word

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

• आर्षेयाणाम्: of the Ārṣeyas (seer-descendants / belonging to the ṛṣis)
• आर्षेयाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to ‘पाशान्’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (genitive plural used substantively)
• Root: आर्षेय (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-सम्बन्धी)

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

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

• मोचि: release (you) / let (it) be released
• मोचि: क्रिया (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as per the pāśa-formulas of this section)

Devata: Pāśa (Noose) / the binding power of seer-lineages (functional devatā)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short formula (mantric injunction)

Mantra Rasa

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