Mantra 62

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स वानस्पत्यानां पाशान्मा मोचि

IAST Transliteration

sá vānaspatyā́nāṃ pāśā́n mā́ moci

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not be loosed from the nooses of the forest-lords, from the bonds of the trees.

Translation

Nguyện cho hắn đừng được tháo khỏi những thòng lọng của các chúa tể rừng cây, khỏi những dây trói buộc của các cây.

Word by Word

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: कर्तृ (वाक्य-कर्ता) / विषयः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• वानस्पत्यानाम्: of the वनस्पतिस (lords of the forest; trees/plant-beings)
• वानस्पत्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः) — ‘of the वनस्पति-s’
• Type: Noun (collective/relational) / Adjectival noun
• Root: वानस्पत्य (प्रातिपदिक; वनस्/वन + पति → वानस्पति; तद्भव-विशेषण/संज्ञा)

• पाशान्: nooses; bonds; fetters
• पाशान्: कर्म (मोचि/मुच्-क्रियायाः) — ‘bonds’ as the object
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: — (निषेध-निपातः)
• Type: Indeclinable (prohibitive particle)
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• मोचि: (he/it) should not be released; should not be loosened
• मोचि: क्रिया (मुख्य-क्रियापद) — ‘may/should be released’
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मोचि (विधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ्, परस्मैपद)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Vānaspati (arboreal power) / Pāśa (bond) as personified restraint

Chandas: Short clause; meter not determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

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