Mantra 68

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दन्तास्ते शत्स्यन्तीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

dántās te śatsyántī́ti enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Thy teeth shall be for a hundred (years),’—thus he said unto him.

Word by Word

• दन्ताः: teeth
• दन्ताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शत्स्यन्ति: will fall out / will decay
• शत्स्यन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शत्स्य (धातु-आधारित भविष्यत्-प्रयोग; √शद्/शत्- ‘to fall/decay’ इत्यर्थे, वैदिक-प्रयोग)

• इति: thus (quoting)
• इति: वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-रूप)

• आह: said
• आह: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह् (ब्रू/वद्-अर्थे; परस्मैपद)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic prose tradition.

Devata: Āyuṣ (life) expressed through bodily durability (teeth).

Chandas: Prose.

Mantra Rasa

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