Mantra 70

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतुभिर्दन्तैः

IAST Transliteration

ṛtúbhir dantáiḥ́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Seasons as his teeth.

Word by Word

• ऋतुभिः: with/by the seasons
• ऋतुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दन्तैः: with/by the teeth
• दन्तैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (speculative prose/late AV style; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the excerpt)

Devata: Odana/Anna as cosmic totality; implicitly Prajāpati/Viśvarūpa totality doctrine

Chandas: Not in regular metrical chandas; brāhmaṇa-like prose/short formulaic segment

Mantra Rasa

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