Mantra 79

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः

IAST Transliteration

tásmād amúṃ nír-bhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyáṇam ámuṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore from him we sever yonder man—yonder, the son of such a mother, the descendant of such a sire, even he who stands there.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable (pronominal form)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुम्: that (man) there
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निर्भजामः: we drive out / we expel / we banish
• निर्भजामः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (भजँ सेवायाम्/विभागे) + निर्- (उपसर्ग)

• अमुम्: that (man) there
• अमुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आमुष्यायणम्: the descendant of so-and-so (Āmuṣyāyaṇa)
• आमुष्यायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/patronymic) / Adjective
• Root: आमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; patronymic/lineage-name from ‘अमुष्य’)

• अमुष्याः: of that (woman/person)
• अमुष्याः: Sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; genitive of ‘अदस्’ used as ‘of that person’)

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• असौ: that one (there)
• असौ: Kartā (of relative clause) / Deictic subject
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative clause) / Anvaya-link
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; relative pronoun)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type material; specific r̥ṣi attribution for AV 16.8 varies in ancillary lists).

Devata: Implicitly the power of Brahman (speech/rite) as coercive agency; no single personal deity foregrounded in this verse.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic prose-like cadence; not securely anustubh in this segment).

Mantra Rasa

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