Mantra 100

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स राज्ञो वरुणस्य पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá rājñó váruṇasya pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of king Varuṇa.

Word by Word

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

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरुणस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper/deity name)
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाशात्: from the noose / bond
• पाशात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: (negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable (prohibitive particle)
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय) अथवा मा (विधिलिङ्-निषेधक कण)

• मोचि: may (he/it) release / let (him) not release
• मोचि: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) — ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (general attribution for this juridical cluster).

Devata: Varuṇa (as royal/juridical binder).

Chandas: Short injunctive line; not securely metrical (functional mantra style).

Mantra Rasa

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