Mantra 66

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वज्रेण शतपर्वणा तीक्ष्णेन क्षुरभृष्टिना

IAST Transliteration

vájreṇa śatáparvaṇā tīkṣṇéna kṣurabhṛ́ṣṭinā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the thunderbolt of a hundred joints, keen, with razor-edge for its blade—

Word by Word

• वज्रेण: with a thunderbolt / with a vajra (weapon)
• वज्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतपर्वणा: with the hundred-jointed (one)
• शतपर्वणा: करण
• Type: Adjective (instrumental qualifier)
• Root: शतपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; शत- + पर्वन्)

• तीक्ष्णेन: with the sharp (one)
• तीक्ष्णेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षुरभृष्टिना: with a razor-blade / razor-edged weapon
• क्षुरभृष्टिना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरभृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; क्षुर + भृष्टि)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (sūkta-level; varies)

Devata: Vajra (weapon-power), implicitly Indraic force; also the invoked Devī as wielder

Chandas: Truncated pāda (sequence continues into next mantra); treated as part of a longer syntactic unit

Mantra Rasa

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