Mantra 73

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स मासानां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá māsā́nāṃ pā́śān mā́ móci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of the months.

Word by Word

• सः: he; that one
• सः: कर्तृ (अन्वयतः: ‘सः’ = ‘he/that (one)’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-

• मासानाम्: of the months
• मासानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation: ‘of the months’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाशान्: nooses; bonds
• पाशान्: कर्म (object: ‘nooses/bonds’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोचि: release; let go; free
• मोचि: क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 16.8)

Devata: Pāśa/Bandhana with implicit Kāla (time) as enforcer

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short injunctive

Mantra Rasa

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