Mantra 54

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ओषन्ती समोषन्ती ब्रह्मणो वज्रः

IAST Transliteration

óṣantī samóṣantī bráhmaṇo vájraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Burning, wholly burning—this is the thunderbolt of brahman.

Word by Word

• ओषन्ती: burning; consuming; (she/it) that burns
• ओषन्ती: Kartā (सम्बोधन/वर्णन-कर्तृभावः)
• Type: Adjective (present participle used substantively)
• Root: ओष् (धातु, ‘दह्/क्षय’ अर्थे) → ओषन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• समोषन्ती: burning together/fully; completely consuming
• समोषन्ती: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृभावः)
• Type: Adjective (present participle)
• Root: सम् + ओष् (धातु) → समोषन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman; of sacred power/prayer
• ब्रह्मणः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation: ‘of Brahman/holy power’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt; (also) a powerful weapon
• वज्रः: Kartā / विषय (मुख्यपद-कर्तृ/विषयः: ‘the vajra is…’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras tradition (hymn-level attribution uncertain)

Devata: Brahman (as weapon) / Agni (implicit as consuming force)

Chandas: Short formula; Atharvanic (meter loose)

Mantra Rasa

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