Mantra 87

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः

IAST Transliteration

tasmā́d amúṁ nír-bhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore that man do we sever off—him, the son of such an one, the descendant of such an one—yon very person who…

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that (cause)
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुम्: that (yonder) person
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निर्भजामः: we drive away / we expel / we banish
• निर्भजामः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु) उपसर्गः ‘निर्-’

• अमुम्: that (yonder) one
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आमुष्यायणम्: the descendant/kinsman of that man (of yonder one)
• आमुष्यायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अमुष्य’ + अयन/आयन-प्रत्ययः; गोत्र/सम्बन्धवाचक)

• अमुष्याः: of that (yonder)
• अमुष्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘अदस्’ का षष्ठी-रूप)

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• असौ: that (yonder) one
• असौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (संबन्धवाचक सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (Anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Nirbhajana (Severance) as act-power; implicitly social order and inheritance norms

Chandas: Formulaic prose-anuṣṭubh hybrid; incomplete relative clause suggests continuation in the surrounding sequence

Mantra Rasa

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