Mantra 62

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स वानस्पत्यानां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá vānaspatyā́nāṃ pāśā́n mā́ moci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of the forest-lords, from the bonds of the trees.

Word by Word

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

• वानस्पत्यानाम्: of the वनस्पतिस (lords of the forest; trees/plant-beings)
• वानस्पत्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः) — ‘of the वनस्पति-s’
• Type: Noun (collective/relational) / Adjectival noun
• Root: वानस्पत्य (प्रातिपदिक; वनस्/वन + पति → वानस्पति; तद्भव-विशेषण/संज्ञा)

• पाशान्: nooses; bonds; fetters
• पाशान्: कर्म (मोचि/मुच्-क्रियायाः) — ‘bonds’ as the object
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोचि: (he/it) should not be released; should not be loosened
• मोचि: क्रिया (मुख्य-क्रियापद) — ‘may/should be released’
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मोचि (विधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ्, परस्मैपद)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Vānaspati (arboreal power) / Pāśa (bond) as personified restraint

Chandas: Short clause; meter not determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

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