Mantra 53
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
तस्मात्from that; therefore
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमुम्that (yonder) person
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निर्भजामःwe drive away / we expel / we banish
निर्भजामः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (भजँ सेवायाम्) + निर् (उपसर्ग)
अमुम्that (yonder) one
अमुम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आमुष्यायणम्the descendant of that man; the ‘Āmuṣyāyaṇa’
आमुष्यायणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (patronymic/lineage term)
Rootआमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of that man’s line/descendant’, patronymic)
अमुष्याःof that (woman)
अमुष्याः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असौthat (yonder) one
असौ:
Kartā (of relative clause)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (relative clause)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (य-प्रातिपदिक, सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify Anukramaṇī).
Devata: Nirbhajana directed against a human adversary.
Chandas: Prose-like/irregular.
Mantra Rasa
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