Mantra 92

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स इन्द्राग्न्योः पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá indrāgnýoḥ pāśā́n mā́ moci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of Indra and Agni.

Word by Word

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

• इन्द्राग्न्योः: of/with Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्न्योः: Apādāna (source/association in genitive construction)
• Type: Noun (Dvanda compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि (समास-प्रातिपदिक) → इन्द्राग्नि

• 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 him not be released)
• मोचि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) ‘to release, free’

Attribution

Rishi: Not determinable from the excerpt alone

Devata: Indra-Agni (dual)

Chandas: Not determinable from the excerpt alone (short clause)

Mantra Rasa

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