Mantra 3

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

२ स ग्राह्याः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá grāhyā́ḥ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him be one to seize; from the nooses let him not be loosed.

Word by Word

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

• ग्राह्याः: to be seized; fit to be grasped
• ग्राह्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ग्रह् (ग्रहणे) → ग्राह्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; -यत्/णीय-भावः ‘to be seized/held’)

• पाशान्: nooses; bonds
• पाशान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• मोचि: may (he/it) not release / let go
• मोचि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मोचने)

Attribution

Rishi: Yama (per hymn header in input).

Devata: Yama (pāśa-holder; lord of binding and boundary).

Chandas: Short formula (yajur-like); exact meter requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

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