Mantra 50

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः

IAST Transliteration

tásmād amúṁ nirbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore that man we sever off—him, the son of such an one, the descendant of such an one—yon person who [stands against us].

Translation

Karena itu, orang itu kami pisahkan dan putuskan—dia, putra si anu, keturunan si anu—orang itulah, yang berdiri melawan kami.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• अमुम्: that (same) man, him
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आमुष्यायणम्: the descendant of so-and-so (Āmuṣyāyaṇa)
• आमुष्यायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/lineage epithet)
• Root: आमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र/वंश-निर्देशः ‘अमुष्य’ + ‘आयन/आयण’)

• अमुष्याः: of that (woman/person)
• अमुष्याः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-रूपम्)

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

• असौ: that one (yonder)
• असौ: Kartā (of relative clause) / Nominative subject
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative clause) / Nominative
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्ययः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify Anukramaṇī for AV 16.8).

Devata: Nirbhajana (the act/power of separation) directed against a human adversary.

Chandas: Prose-like/irregular (performative formula).

Mantra Rasa

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