दन्ता जाता यजस्वेति स प्रत्याहाथ सोऽब्रवीत् । यदा पतन्त्यस्य दन्ता अथ मेध्यो भवेदिति ॥ १२ ॥
danta jata yajasveti sa pratyahatha so ’bravit yada patanty asya danta atha medhyo bhaved iti
- dantah
- the teeth
- jatah
- have grown
- yajasva
- now sacrifice
- iti
- thus
- sah
- he, Varuna
- pratyaha
- said
- atha
- thereupon
- sah
- he, Hariscandra
- abravit
- replied
- yada
- when
- patanti
- fall out
- asya
- his
- dantah
- teeth
- atha
- then
- medhyah
- fit for sacrifice
- bhavet
- will become
- iti
- thus.
When the teeth grew, Varuna came and said to Hariscandra, “Now the animal has grown teeth, and you can perform the sacrifice.” Hariscandra replied, “When all its teeth have fallen out, then it will be fit for sacrifice.”