Mantra 35

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स ऋषीणां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá ṛ́ṣīṇāṃ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the seers’ bonds.

Word by Word

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

• ऋषीणाम्: of the seers
• ऋषीणाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाशान्: nooses / bonds
• पाशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोचि: may (he) release / let (him) release
• मोचि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) ‘to release’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Pāśa (bond/noose) empowered by ṛṣi-authority

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short cadence (but too brief for secure metrical classification)

Mantra Rasa

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