Mantra 88

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स द्यावापृथिव्योः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá dyā́vā-pṛthivyóḥ pāśā́n mā móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the noose of Heaven and Earth.

Word by Word

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

• द्यावापृथिव्योः: in/of heaven-and-earth
• द्यावापृथिव्योः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (समासः: द्वन्द्वः; प्रातिपदिके: द्यौ- + पृथिवी-)

• पाशान्: from the nooses / bonds
• पाशान्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोचि: may (he) be released / let (him) be freed
• मोचि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) — ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (Anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven and Earth) and Pāśa (Bond)

Chandas: Short formula; anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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