Shloka 17

Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure

Sanskrit

एवमाप्यायनं वत्स बहूनामिह बान्धवैः ।

श्राद्धं कुर्वदिभरन्नाम्बुबिन्दुक्षेपेण जायते ॥

Transliteration

evam āpyāyanaṃ vatsa bahūnām iha bāndhavaiḥ / śrāddhaṃ kurvadibharannāmbubindukṣepeṇa jāyate

Translation

وهكذا، يا بُنيَّ العزيز، على هذا النحو ينشأ القوتُ لكثيرٍ من الأقارب هنا حين تُقام الشرادها—حتى بإلقاء الطعام وبنضح قطراتٍ من الماء.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• आप्यायनम्: nourishment/sustenance
• आप्यायनम्: कर्म/विधेय (topic: nourishment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-√प्यै/प्या (धातु) → आप्यायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• बहूनाम्: of many
• बहूनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: here/in this world)

• बान्धवैः: by kinsmen/relatives
• बान्धवैः: कर्ता (agent in passive sense of ‘arises due to/through’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: कर्म/विधेय (that which is done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुर्वद्: doing/performing
• कुर्वद्: विशेषण (participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन/बहुवचन-प्रयोगानुसार; here as stem in compound with following participles; ‘doing’

• इभरन्: bearing/carrying (strongly)
• इभरन्: विशेषण (qualifier within compound)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इभ (प्रातिपदिक) + √हृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्राय participial form; intended sense: ‘carrying like an elephant’ (इभ-हरन् = elephant-carrying/strongly carrying)

• अम्बु-बिन्दु-क्षेपेण: by the sprinkling of a drop of water
• अम्बु-बिन्दु-क्षेपेण: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक) + बिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: अम्बोः बिन्दोः क्षेपः = sprinkling/throwing of a drop of water

• जायते: arises/comes about
• जायते: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘arises/comes into being’

Speakers

• Not specified in input

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Śrāddha
• Efficacy of small acts
• Family duty
• Ritual minimalism with maximal reach

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

No act within a sacred duty is ‘too small’: the Purāṇic ethic encourages attentiveness, showing how minute offerings can still generate welfare for many connected beings.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Dharma/Ācāra synthesis statement; it does not directly map to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, but supports the Purāṇic social-religious ecosystem.

What is the esoteric significance?

Drops (bindu) and crumbs signify the subtle: the verse encodes that ‘micro-offerings’ can operate as conduits in the unseen economy of pitṛs, reflecting a worldview where consciousness and substance interpenetrate.