Mantra 19
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स पराभूत्याः पाशान्मा मोचि
IAST Transliteration
sá parā́bhūtyāḥ pā́śān mā́ móci
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let him not be loosed from the nooses of Overthrow.
Translation
Nguyện cho hắn đừng được tháo khỏi những thòng lọng của “Sự Quật Ngã” (Parābhūti).
Word by Word
सःhe/that (one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-
पराभूत्याःof defeat/overpowering
पराभूत्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपराभूति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; परा- + √भू ‘to be, become’ → ‘defeat/overpowering’)
पाशान्nooses, bonds
पाशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाश (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय) अथवा ‘मा’ (विधिलिङ्-निषेधक particle)
मोचि(you) should be released / be freed
मोचि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मुचँ) ‘to release, free’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 16.8 requires padapāṭha/anukramaṇī confirmation).
Devata: Parābhūti (personified Defeat) / binding power (pāśa) as operative force.
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or truncated Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (requires metrical scan with full pada context).
Mantra Rasa
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