Mantra 43

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोऽङ्गिरसां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

só ’ṅgírasāṃ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Word by Word

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

• अङ्गिरसाम्: of the Aṅgirases (Aṅgiras seers)
• अङ्गिरसाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (proper/tribal name)
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• मोचि: may (he/it) release / let loose
• मोचि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras (invoked as authoritative lineage)

Devata: Pāśa (Noose) / Aṅgirasa-binding power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short formula

Mantra Rasa

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