Mantra 58

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स वनस्पतीणां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá vanaspátīṇāṃ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of the forest-lords.

Word by Word

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

• वनस्पतीनाम्: of the forest-lords (trees/plants)
• वनस्पतीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• मोचि: may he/it release (let … be released)
• मोचि: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) — ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Vanaspati (trees/forest powers) as binders; Pāśa as operative force

Chandas: Short formula; meter not determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

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