Mantra 84

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोऽह्नोः संयतोः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

só ’hnóḥ saṁyatọ́ḥ pāśā́n mā móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the noose of the conjoined Day-and-Night.

Word by Word

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

• अह्नोः: of the two days (day and night / two day-periods)
• अह्नोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• संयतोः: of the two restrained/held-fast (ones)
• संयतोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: सम्-यम् (धातु) → संयत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृदन्त/कर्मणि-भावः)

• पाशान्: nooses, bonds
• पाशान्: कर्म (मोचि इति क्रियायाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोचि: (you) release / let go
• मोचि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) — लोट्/आशीर्लिङ् (वेदे) मध्यमपुरुष-एकवचनम्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as typical for AV 16 coercive sequences; precise r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Pāśa (Bond/Noose) personified; implicitly the cosmic regulators Day and Night

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (short coercive formula; exact metrical classification may be listed as anuṣṭubh in Anukramaṇī)

Mantra Rasa

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