Mantra 4
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
विमोकश्च मार्द्रपविश्च मा हासिष्टामार्द्रदानुश्च मा मातरिश्वा च मा हासिष्टाम्
IAST Transliteration
vimokáś ca mā ā́rdrapavíś ca mā hāsiṣṭām ā́rdra-dā́nuś ca mā mātáriśvā ca mā hāsiṣṭām
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let not release, and let not the moist-edged power, forsake me; let not the moist-giving stream, and let not Mātariśvan, forsake me.
Word by Word
विमोकःrelease, deliverance
विमोकः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootविमोक (प्रातिपदिक; वि-√मुच् ‘मोचने’ से) अथवा ‘विमोक’ नामधातु
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माof me, my
मा:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (अहम्-शब्द)
आर्द्रपविःthe moist/wet bolt (a personified power/weapon)
आर्द्रपविः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआर्द्रपवि (प्रातिपदिक; आर्द्र ‘wet’ + पवि ‘weapon/bolt/edge’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / मा (अस्मद्-षष्ठी) — यहाँ निषेधार्थक ‘मा’
हासिष्टाम्let (them two) not abandon/leave
हासिष्टाम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हा (त्यागे) / √हास् (परिहासे) — वैदिक प्रयोग में ‘हास्’ = ‘त्यज्/परित्यज्’ अर्थे
आर्द्रदानुःthe moist Dānu (a personified being/power)
आर्द्रदानुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआर्द्रदानु (प्रातिपदिक; आर्द्र ‘wet’ + दानु ‘demon/being; also ‘moisture/flow’ in Vedic)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माof me, my
मा:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (अहम्-शब्द)
मातरिश्वाMātariśvan
मातरिश्वा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootमातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम, वायु/अग्नि-दूत)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
हासिष्टाम्let (them two) not abandon/leave
हासिष्टाम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हा (त्यागे) / वैदिक ‘हास्’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Mātariśvan; plus personified ‘release’ and refreshing agencies
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence
Mantra Rasa
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