Shloka 2
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
लोके श्रेष्ठतम् सर्वमात्मनश्चैव यत्प्रियम् / सर्वं पितॄणां दातव्यं तेषामेवाज्ञयार्थिना
Transliteration
loke śreṣṭhatam sarvamātmanaścaiva yatpriyam / sarvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dātavyaṃ teṣāmevājñayārthinā
Translation
ما كان في العالم أسمى وأحبَّ إلى النفس، فليُقدَّم كلّه عطيةً للـ«پِتْرِ» (الأسلاف)؛ فذلك فعلُ من يبتغي رضاهم وإذنهم.
Word by Word
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular
śreṣṭhatamamthe very best
śreṣṭhatamam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśreṣṭha-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; superlative (तमप्)
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
ātmanaḥof oneself
ātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)
yatwhich
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; relative pronoun
priyamdear, pleasing
priyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicative with yat
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
pitṝṇāmof the ancestors (pitṛs)
pitṝṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural
dātavyamshould be given
dātavyam:
Vidhi (विधि/obligation)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (दा धातु) + tavyat (तव्यत्)
FormGerundive/obligative (तव्यत्-कृदन्त); Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘to be given/should be given’
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural; demonstrative pronoun
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
ājñayāby the command
ājñayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular
arthināby one who seeks (to act)
arthinā:
Karta (कर्ता/agent-in-instrumental construction)
TypeNoun
Rootarthin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular; agent ‘one who seeks’