Mantra 104
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
३१। स मृत्योः पड्वीशात् पाशान्मा मोचि
IAST Transliteration
sá mṛtyóḥ paḍvī́śāt pāśā́n mā́ móci
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
May he release me from the nooses of Death, from Death the setter of the snare.
Word by Word
सhe / that one
स:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सः-शब्दः; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा एतद्-तद्-प्रत्ययः
मृत्योःof death
मृत्योः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
पड्वीशात्from the lord/holder of the fetter (a death-associated power)
पड्वीशात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun (epithet/title)
Rootपड्वीश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पड्वीश’ = ‘पड्वी’ इत्यस्य स्वामी/अधिपः इति व्युत्पत्त्या; वैदिक-विशेष-शब्दः)
पाशान्nooses, bonds
पाशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाश (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
मोचिmay (he) be released / let (him) be freed
मोचि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु; ‘to release, free’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for AVŚ 16.8 requires padānukramaṇī confirmation)
Devata: Mṛtyu (Death) / the releasing counter-power invoked against Mṛtyu’s bonds
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact metrical classification requires full hymn context)
Mantra Rasa
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