Mantra 49

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षिप्रं वै तस्य वास्तुषु वृकाः कुर्वत ऐलबम्

IAST Transliteration

kṣipráṁ vái tásya vā́stuṣu vṛ́kāḥ kurvata ailabám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Swiftly, in very sooth, within his homesteads wolves work the ill-omened ailabá.

Word by Word

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, swiftly
• क्षिप्रम्: — (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• तस्य: of that (one), his/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: सर्वनाम
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वास्तुषु: in the dwellings/homesteads
• वास्तुषु: अधिकरण (locus)
• Type: नाम
• Root: वास्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृकाः: wolves
• वृकाः: कर्तृ (agent)
• Type: नाम
• Root: वृक (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुर्वत: (they) do/make; are making
• कुर्वत: — (क्रियापद-समकक्ष)
• Type: क्रिया (वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त-रूप; वैदिक)
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• ऐल॒बम्: the ailaba-thing (a specific object/term; likely a named item/ritual object)
• ऐल॒बम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: विशेषण/नाम
• Root: ऐलब (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण/नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Prajāpati (sectional attribution)

Devata: Vṛka (wolf) as omen-agent; ailabá as misfortune

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (contextual)

Mantra Rasa

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