Mantra 48

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षिप्रं वै तस्यादहनं परि नृत्यन्ति केशनीराघ्नानाः पाणिनोरसि कुर्वाणाः पापमैलबम्

IAST Transliteration

kṣipráṁ vái tasyā́ ádahanaṁ pári nṛ́tyanti keśánīr āghnānáḥ pāṇínor ási kurvāṇāḥ pā́pam ailabám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Swiftly, in very sooth, about her unburning dance the long-haired ones, smiting with their hands—(thou) a blade—making evil, ill-omened ailabá.

Translation

Quả thật rất mau, quanh nàng chưa bị thiêu, những kẻ tóc dài nhảy múa vòng quanh, vỗ đánh bằng đôi tay—(ngươi) như lưỡi dao—làm nên điều ác, tạo ra ailabá điềm dữ.

Word by Word

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, at once
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikaraṇa (काल/रीति-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• अधनम्: poverty, lack of wealth
• अधनम्: Karma (object of an implied action like ‘they make/bring about’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधन (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: Adhikaraṇa (परितः—‘around’ as a circumstantial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नृत्यन्ति: they dance
• नृत्यन्ति: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)

• केशनीः: the long-haired women / women with hair (as a defining feature)
• केशनीः: Kartā (subject of नृत्यन्ति)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (fem.)
• Root: केशनी (प्रातिपदिक; केश + -नी)

• आघ्नानाः: striking, smiting (repeatedly)
• आघ्नानाः: Kartā (co-referential with the dancers; describing their action)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-हन् (धातु) → आघ्न (वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पाणिनोः: in/with the two hands
• पाणिनोः: Adhikaraṇa (location: in/with the two hands)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• कुर्वाणाः: doing, making
• कुर्वाणाः: Kartā (describing the same agents)
• Type: Participle
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वाण (वर्तमानकृदन्त)

• पापम्: evil, sin, harm
• पापम्: Karma (object of ‘doing/making’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऐलबम्: ‘ailaba’ (a harmful/inauspicious thing; exact sense uncertain in AV usage)
• ऐलबम्: Karma (co-object with पापम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऐलब (प्रातिपदिक; uncertain/rare AV word)

Attribution

Rishi: Prajāpati (sectional attribution)

Devata: Pollution/evil (pāpa), ailabá, and demonic female agents (keśinīḥ)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (sectional; verify by full metrical count in critical text)

Mantra Rasa

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