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

【Tháo gỡ thòng lọng】Kính dâng lên các Āśā, kính dâng lên những vị hộ vệ của Āśā—bốn Đấng Bất Tử; kính dâng lên các vị giám sát của muôn loài—chúng tôi tại đây xin cúng hiến lễ vật này đúng nghi pháp.

Word by Word

• पाशमोचनम्: bond-release; loosening of fetters
• पाशमोचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाशमोचन (प्रातिपदिक; पाश + मोचन) अथवा मोचन (कृदन्त, √मुच्)

• आशानाम्: of the hopes/expectations
• आशानाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• आशापालेभ्यः: to the guardians of hope
• आशापालेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशापाल (प्रातिपदिक; आशा + पाल)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चतुर्भ्यः: to/for the four
• चतुर्भ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतेभ्यः: to/for the immortals; deathless ones
• अमृतेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतस्य: of what has become/come to be; of the being
• भूतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक; √भू क्त)

• अध्यक्षेभ्यः: to/for the overseers; presiding powers
• अध्यक्षेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; अधि + अक्ष)

• विधेम: may we offer/perform; may we arrange
• विधेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (वि + धा)

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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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