Mantra 95
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः
IAST Transliteration
tásmād amúṃ nírbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Therefore that man we portion off—him, the son of such-a-one, the descendant of such-a-one—yonder who (is our foe).
Translation
ਇਸ ਲਈ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਸ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨੂੰ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਕਰ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਾਂ—ਉਸ ਨੂੰ, ਫਲਾਣੇ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਫਲਾਣੇ ਦੀ ਸੰਤਾਨ—ਉਹ ਦੂਰਲਾ, ਜੋ ਸਾਡਾ ਵੈਰੀ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore; from that
तस्मात्:
अपादान (source/point of departure: ‘from that/therefore’)
TypeIndeclinable (pronominal form used adverbially)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमुम्that (yonder) person
अमुम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun/Pronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निर्भजामःwe drive away / expel / banish
निर्भजामः:
क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया); कर्ता = वयं (अध्याहृत)
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (धातु) + निर्- (उपसर्ग)
अमुम्that (yonder) one
अमुम्:
कर्म (object, reiterated)
TypeNoun/Pronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आमुष्यायणम्the descendant of so-and-so (of that lineage)
आमुष्यायणम्:
कर्म (object; apposition to अमुम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective (patronymic/lineage epithet)
Rootआमुष्यायण (प्रातिपदिक; गोत्र/पितृ-नाम-निर्देशः: ‘of that man’s line/descendant’)
अमुष्याःof that (woman/person)
अमुष्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeNoun/Pronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
कर्म (object; in apposition/identification)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असौthat (yonder) one
असौ:
कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश (subject/deictic ‘that one’)
TypeNoun/Pronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (relative subject, linking to following clause—elliptic here)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (संबन्ध-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sectional)
Devata: Brahman/mantra as operative force; target-directed (no praise-deity foregrounded)
Chandas: Prose-like formula
Mantra Rasa
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