Mantra 54
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मुखतस्ते प्रजा मरिष्यतीत्येनमाह
IAST Transliteration
mukhátas te prajā́ maríṣyatī́ti enam ā́ha
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘From thy mouth thy progeny shall perish’—thus said he unto him.
Word by Word
मुखतःfrom the mouth; orally
मुखतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित/अव्ययीभाव-प्रत्यय) अथवा तसिल्
तेof you; your
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रजाःoffspring; progeny
प्रजाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
मरिष्यतिwill die
मरिष्यति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मृ (मरणे)
इतिthus; ‘saying’
इति:
(Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एनम्him; this person
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्-श्रुति
आहsaid
आह:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अह्/√आह् (ब्रूवाचक; ‘to say’)
Attribution
Rishi: Not explicit in excerpt (narrative ‘āha’ suggests embedded ritual dialogue/tradition)
Devata: Prajā (progeny) as the stake; the ‘mouth’ as operative locus
Chandas: Mixed; brief quoted-speech formula
Mantra Rasa
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