Mantra 47

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स आङ्गिरसानां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá āṅgirasā́nāṃ pāśā́n mā́ moci ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the Angirases’ nooses.

Word by Word

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

• आङ्गिरसानाम्: of the Āṅgirasas
• आङ्गिरसानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• मोचि: may (he) not release / let (him) not free
• मोचि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic

Devata: Āṅgirasāḥ (as a collective of binding powers); Pāśa as operative instrument

Chandas: Short formula (often treated as Anuṣṭubh fragment in recensional counting)

Mantra Rasa

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