Mantra 80

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोऽहोरात्रयोः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

só ’horātráyoḥ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of Day and Night.

Translation

Qu’il ne soit pas délivré des lacets du Jour et de la Nuit.

Word by Word

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

• अहोरात्रयोः: of day-and-night (of the two: day and night)
• अहोरात्रयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र (समासः: अहन् + रात्रि) प्रातिपदिक

• पाशान्: nooses, bonds
• पाशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोचि: may (he) release / let (him) free
• मोचि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (मुञ्चति) धातुः

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here).

Devata: Ahorātra (Day-Night) personified as binding powers; also Brahman as operative force.

Chandas: Short, formulaic segment (not securely classifiable by standard meters).

Mantra Rasa

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