Mantra 50
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः
IAST Transliteration
tásmād amúṁ nirbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Therefore that man we sever off—him, the son of such an one, the descendant of such an one—yon person who [stands against us].
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore; from that (cause)
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमुम्that man (yonder), him
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निर्भजामःwe drive away / we banish / we remove
निर्भजामः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (धातु) उपसर्गः ‘निर्-’
अमुम्that (same) man, him
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आमुष्यायणम्the descendant of so-and-so (Āmuṣyāyaṇa)
आमुष्यायणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (proper/lineage epithet)
Rootआमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र/वंश-निर्देशः ‘अमुष्य’ + ‘आयन/आयण’)
अमुष्याःof that (woman/person)
अमुष्याः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-रूपम्)
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असौthat one (yonder)
असौ:
Kartā (of relative clause) / Nominative subject
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (relative clause) / Nominative
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्ययः)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify Anukramaṇī for AV 16.8).
Devata: Nirbhajana (the act/power of separation) directed against a human adversary.
Chandas: Prose-like/irregular (performative formula).
Mantra Rasa
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