Shloka 64
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
नमो वः पितरः सौम्यः पठन्नेवमतन्द्रितः / सव्योत्तराभ्यां पाणिभ्यां धर्मेर्ऽधं समतन्द्रितः
Transliteration
namo vaḥ pitaraḥ saumyaḥ paṭhannevamatandritaḥ / savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ dharmer'dhaṃ samatandritaḥ
Translation
سلامٌ لكم أيها الآباء الأسلاف (پِتْر). على اللطيف الطبع أن يتلو هكذا بلا فتور؛ وباليد اليسرى وباليدين المرفوعتين يقدّم «الأرغيا» في عمل الدharma.
Word by Word
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), interjection/particle (नमस्कारार्थक-निपात)
vaḥto you / of you (pl.)
vaḥ:
Sampradana/Recipient (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural (बहुवचन)
pitaraḥO Fathers (manes)
pitaraḥ:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
saumyaḥgentle/auspicious (one)
saumyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaumya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used as epithet
paṭhanreciting/reading
paṭhan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpaṭh (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine, Nominative Singular; from √paṭh (पठ्)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha/Modifier (विशेषण-भाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
evamthus
evam:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
atandritaḥunwearied/attentive
atandritaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-tandrita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; negated adjective (नञ्-प्रत्यय)
savya-uttarābhyāmwith the left and right
savya-uttarābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsavya (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDual (द्विवचन), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया); dvandva indicating 'left and right'
pāṇibhyāmwith (both) hands
pāṇibhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual (द्विवचन)
dharmeḥof the rite/dharma
dharmeḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); Vedic/archaic genitive ending -eḥ
ardhamhalf
ardham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootardha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
samatandritaḥequally attentive
samatandritaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama-atandrita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; karmadhāraya: sama + atandrita ('equally attentive')