Sukta 140

Mantra 1

सुमङ्गलौ दन्तौ। २ उपरिष्टाज्ज्योतिष्मती त्रिषटुप्, ३ आस्तारपङ्क्तिः। यौ व्याघ्रववरूढौ जिघत्सतः पितरं मातरं च । यौ दन्तौ ब्रह्मणस्पते शिवौ कृणु जातवेदः

Auspicious be the two teeth: those two, tiger-jaw-mounted, ravening to devour both father and mother—those two teeth, O Lord of Prayer, do thou, O Jātavedas, make them kindly and benign.

Mantra 2

व्रीहिमत्तं यवमत्तमथो माषमथो तिलम्। एष वां भागो निहितो रत्नधेयाय दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरं मातरं च

Rice-laden, barley-laden, and also beans, and also sesame—this is your portion here laid down for treasure’s bestowal. O ye two Teeth, harm not the father, harm not the mother also.

Mantra 3

उपहूतौ सयुजौ स्योनौ दन्तौ सुमङ्गलौ । अन्यत्र वां घोरं तन्वः१ परैतु दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरं मातरं च

Invoked and brought anear, united, kindly, auspicious, O ye two Teeth: elsewhere let your dreadful thing of the body depart. O ye two Teeth, harm not the father, harm not the mother also.