Mantra 42
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः
IAST Transliteration
tásmād amúṃ nírbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám ámuṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Therefore that man do we expel—him, the son of such an one, the descendant of such an one—yonder he who (is our foe).
Word by Word
तस्मात्from that; therefore
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमुम्that man (him)
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निर्भजामःwe drive away / we expel / we banish
निर्भजामः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (धातु) + निर् (उपसर्ग)
अमुम्that man (him)
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आमुष्यायनम्the descendant of so-and-so (Āmuṣyāyana)
आमुष्यायनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (patronymic/lineage name)
Rootआमुष्यायन (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र/वंश-निर्देशक, ‘अमुष्य’ + आयन)
अमुष्याःof that (woman)
अमुष्याः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘of that (woman)’)
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असौthat (yonder) one; he
असौ:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (relative clause)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition
Devata: Nirāsana (Expulsion) / the rite’s separating power
Chandas: Prose-like ritual sentence (targeting formula)
Mantra Rasa
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