Mantra 14

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादमुं निर्भजामोऽमुमामुष्यायणममुष्याः पुत्रमसौ यः

IAST Transliteration

tásmād amúṃ nírbhajāmo ’múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore we portion off that yonder man—him, the son of such-an-one, the descendant of such-an-one: that is he who (is meant).

Translation

Vì thế, chúng ta phân định kẻ kia ở đằng xa—chính hắn, con của người ấy, hậu duệ của người ấy: ấy là kẻ (được nhắm đến) đó.

Word by Word

तस्मात्from that; therefore

अमुम्that man (him)

निर्भजामःwe drive out / expel / remove

अमुम्that man (him)

आमुष्यायणम्the descendant of so-and-so (Āmuṣyāyaṇa)

अमुष्याःof that woman (of so-and-so)

पुत्रम्son

असौthat (yonder) person

यःwho

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (sūkta-level attribution uncertain for this excerpt alone)

Devata: Indeterminate; operative power of the mantra (vac) directed against a human target

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like prose-verse (identificatory formula; meter secondary to performative precision)

Mantra Rasa

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