Mantra 10

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः

IAST Transliteration

tásmād amúṃ nírbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyā́yaṇam ámuṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore we portion him away—him, the son of such an one, the son of that woman—this man who (is our foe).

Translation

C’est pourquoi nous l’écartons, nous le mettons à part — lui, le fils d’un tel, le fils de cette femme : cet homme qui (est notre ennemi).

Word by Word

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

• अमुम्: that (yonder) man/person
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निर्भजामः: we drive away / expel / banish
• निर्भजामः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्

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

• आमुष्यायणम्: the descendant/son of that man (of such-and-such lineage)
• आमुष्यायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (patronymic/lineage term)
• Root: आमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र/वंश-निर्देशकः ‘अमुष्य’ + अयन/आयन)

• अमुष्याः: of that (woman/person)
• अमुष्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘of that (woman/man)’)

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

• असौ: that (yonder) one; he
• असौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative clause subject)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; सम्बन्धबोधकः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Mantra as operative force (kriyā-śakti); the ‘share’ (bhāga) conceptually personified

Chandas: Prose/ritual formula

Mantra Rasa

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