Mantra 54

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स आथर्वणानां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá ā́tharvaṇā́nāṃ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the Atharvans’ nooses.

Word by Word

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

• आथर्वणानाम्: of the Atharvans / of Atharvan-priests
• आथर्वणानाम्: Adhikaraṇa (genitive relation: ‘of’)
• Type: Noun (gentilic/collective)
• Root: आथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक; अथर्वन्-सम्बद्ध)

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

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

• मोचि: let (him/it) not release / may (he/it) not free
• मोचि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) ‘to release’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Pāśa/Bandhana (binding force), implicitly Atharvanic brahman

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or a short pragmatic formula (meter not determinable from excerpt alone)

Mantra Rasa

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