Mantra 18

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वज्रो धावन्ती वैश्वानर उद्वीता

IAST Transliteration

vájro dhā́vantī vaiśvānará udvī́tā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A thunderbolt, rushing on—Vaiśvānara uplifted (to strike).

Word by Word

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt; (here) a bolt/weapon
• वज्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• धावन्ती: running; rushing
• धावन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: धाव् (धातु)

• वैश्वानरः: Vaiśvānara (Agni, the ‘universal’ fire)
• वैश्वानरः: कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः) / समानााधिकरण
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्वीतः: raised up; lifted; set in motion/roused
• उद्वीतः: कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण; qualifies the subject)
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: उद्-√वी (धातु) / उद्वीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu (hymn-level tradition).

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara; Vajra as weaponized power.

Chandas: Non-standard/fragmentary pāda (mantric threat-phrase rather than full metrical stanza).

Mantra Rasa

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