Mantra 7

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स निरृत्याः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá nírṛtyāḥ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from Nirṛti’s nooses.

Word by Word

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

• निरृ॑त्याः: of Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)
• निरृ॑त्याः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• मोचि: let (him/it) not release / may (he/it) not free
• मोचि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Requires anukramaṇī confirmation.

Devata: Nirṛti (misfortune/dissolution) and her pāśas (fetters).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short cadence; exact metrical classification needs full pada quantities.

Mantra Rasa

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