Mantra 20

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षुरपविरीक्षमाणा वाश्यमानाभि स्फूर्जति

IAST Transliteration

kṣurápavír íkṣamāṇā vā́śyamānā́bhí sphū́rjati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Razor-edged, she eyes her mark; roaring aloud she bursts and crackles forth against it.

Word by Word

• क्षुरपविः: the razor-edged (one)/razor-blade (as agent)
• क्षुरपविः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरपवि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘razor-edged/razor-like blade’)

• ईक्षमाणा: looking, watching
• ईक्षमाणा: कर्तृ (कर्तृविशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: ईक्ष् (धातु; ‘to see, look’) → ईक्षमाण- (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्)

• वाश्यमाना: crying out, roaring
• वाश्यमाना: कर्तृ (कर्तृविशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: वाश् (धातु; ‘to bellow/roar/cry out’) → वाश्यमान- (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद-भाव) अथवा वाश्य- (causative nuance) + मान

• अभि: towards, against, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्फूर्जति: bursts forth/strikes violently/crackles
• स्फूर्जति: कर्तृ (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्फूर्ज् (धातु; ‘to crackle, burst forth, spring/flash violently’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for this complex (to be verified per Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 12.5).

Devata: Personified destructive power (often read as Mṛtyu/consumption-like agency in this hymn-sequence).

Chandas: To be verified (likely a triṣṭubh/jagatī-type cadence in this section; requires metrical scan of the full pāda-context).

Mantra Rasa

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