Mantra 34
Sukta 8
तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः
tásmād amúṃ nírbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám ámuṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ
Therefore from him we sunder yonder man—yonder, the son of such-a-one, the descendant of such-a-one—he who stands there.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 16.8 varies by anukramaṇī; not supplied in input)
Devata: Operative speech (mantra) as disjunctive power; implicitly the Atharvanic ‘brahman’ force
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic prose-like cadence occurs in this section; exact meter uncertain from isolated pāda)
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