Mantra 19

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स पराभूत्याः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá parā́bhūtyāḥ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of Overthrow.

Word by Word

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

• पराभूत्याः: of defeat/overpowering
• पराभूत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभूति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; परा- + √भू ‘to be, become’ → ‘defeat/overpowering’)

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

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय) अथवा ‘मा’ (विधिलिङ्-निषेधक particle)

• मोचि: (you) should be released / be freed
• मोचि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचँ) ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 16.8 requires padapāṭha/anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Parābhūti (personified Defeat) / binding power (pāśa) as operative force.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or truncated Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (requires metrical scan with full pada context).

Mantra Rasa

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