Mantra 96
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स मित्रावरुणयोः पाशान्मा मोचि
IAST Transliteration
sá mitrā́varuṇayoḥ pā́śān mā́ móci
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let him not be loosed from the bonds, the nooses of Mitra and Varuṇa.
Word by Word
सःhe / that one
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रावरुणयोःof Mitra and Varuṇa
मित्रावरुणयोः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (Dual compound)
Rootमित्र + वरुण (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाशान्nooses / bonds
पाशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाश (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
मोचिmay (he/it) release / let loose
मोचि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातुः)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sectional)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (as binders and upholders of ṛta)
Chandas: Short formula; cadence akin to anuṣṭubh fragment
Mantra Rasa
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