Mantra 47

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

(6) (४७-६१) ४७, ४९, ५१-५३, ५७-५९, ६१ प्राजापत्याऽनुष्टुप्, ४८ आर्च्यनुष्टुप्, ५० साम्नी बृहती, ५४-५५ प्राजापत्योष्णिक्, ५६ आसुरी गायत्री, ६० गायत्री। क्षिप्रं वै तस्याहनने गृध्राः कुर्वत ऐलबम्

IAST Transliteration

kṣipráṁ vái tasyā́ hánane gṛ́dhrāḥ kurvata ailabám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Swiftly, in very sooth, at her slaying the vultures work their ill-omened ailabá.

Word by Word

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, swiftly
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikaraṇa (क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• तस्याः: of her/its
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हनने: in the slaying/striking; at the killing
• हनने: Adhikaraṇa (locative: in/at the act/place of striking/killing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनन (प्रातिपदिक; √हन् + युच्/अन-प्रत्यय, भाव/कर्म-नाम)

• गृध्राः: vultures
• गृध्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुर्वत: they do/make
• कुर्वत: Kriyā (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• ऐलबम्: the ailaba (a specific substance/oblation/food; lit. ‘belonging to Ila/Ilā’)
• ऐलबम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐलब (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण/नाम, ‘ईल’/‘इल’ सम्बन्धी)

Attribution

Rishi: Prajāpati (sectional attribution)

Devata: Ominous agents (gṛdhra) and the baleful ailabá as personified misfortune

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (per section note; individual verification needed)

Mantra Rasa

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