Mantra 1

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पाशमोचनम्। आशानामाशापालेभ्यश्चतुर्भ्यो अमृतेभ्यः । इदं भूतस्याध्यक्षेभ्यो विधेम हविषा वयम्

IAST Transliteration

pāśamócanam | āśā́nām āśāpālébhyaś catúrbhyo amṛ́tebhyaḥ | idáṃ bhūtásyā́dhyakṣebhyo vidhéma havíṣā vayám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Loosening of the noose. Unto the Āśās, unto the warders of Āśā, the four Immortals—to the overseers of the creature—this oblation here would we duly offer.

Translation

पाशमोचनम्। आशानाम् आशापालेभ्यश्चतुर्भ्योऽमृतेभ्यः, इदं भूतस्याध्यक्षेभ्यो वयं हविषा विधेम।

Word by Word

पाशमोचनम्bond-release; loosening of fetters

आशानाम्of the hopes/expectations

आशापालेभ्यःto the guardians of hope

चand

चतुर्भ्यःto/for the four

अमृतेभ्यःto/for the immortals; deathless ones

इदम्this

भूतस्यof what has become/come to be; of the being

अध्यक्षेभ्यःto/for the overseers; presiding powers

विधेमmay we offer/perform; may we arrange

हविषाwith oblation

वयम्we

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras attribution for apotropaic karman; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the supplied excerpt).

Devata: Āśā(s) and Āśāpāla(s); ‘Adhyakṣa’ overseers (fourfold immortals/guardians).

Chandas: Mixed/irregular prose-anuṣṭubh tendency (mantric cadence; exact metrical classification uncertain from the excerpt alone).

Mantra Rasa

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