Shloka 49

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

ततः पितृत्वमापन्ने दर्शपूर्णादिभिः सुभैः प्रीणनं तस्य कर्त्तव्यं यथा श्रुतिनिदर्शनात्

Transliteration

tataḥ pitṛtvamāpanne darśapūrṇādibhiḥ subhaiḥ prīṇanaṃ tasya karttavyaṃ yathā śrutinidarśanāt

Translation

ثمّ إذا بلغ منزلة «البِتْرِ» (pitṛ) أي الأرواح السلفية، وجب إرضاؤه واسترضاؤه بشعائر مباركة كطقوسي الهلال (المحاق) والبدر، وفقًا لما تدلّ عليه «الشروتي» (الڤيدا).

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter/then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• pitṛtvam: fatherhood
• pitṛtvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛtva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (Acc./Nom. sg.; here object), भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त (abstract noun)

• āpanne: when (it is) attained/occurred
• āpanne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√pad (धातु) + apanna (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसके सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc. sg.)—सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute sense)

• darśa-pūrṇa-ādibhiḥ: by (rites) like Darśa and Pūrṇamāsa etc.
• darśa-pūrṇa-ādibhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśa + pūrṇa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया बहुवचन (Instr. pl.); समासः: तत्पुरुष (darśa-pūrṇa-ādi = darśa and pūrṇa etc.)

• subhaiḥ: auspicious
• subhaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: subha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया बहुवचन (Instr. pl.), विशेषण (qualifier)

• prīṇanam: pleasing/propitiation
• prīṇanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √prī (धातु) + prīṇana (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen. sg.), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• karttavyam: to be done/should be done
• karttavyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kartavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.), विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: सम्बन्ध/उपमान (as/according to)

• śruti-nidarśanāt: from the indication of scripture (śruti)
• śruti-nidarśanāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti + nidarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी एकवचन (Abl. sg.); समासः: तत्पुरुष (śruti-nidarśana = indication in śruti)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often Pulastya ↔ Nārada framework)

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Pitṛ-dharma
• Śrāddha
• Vedic authority (Śruti)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is presented as continuity: obligations do not end with death; once the deceased is regarded as pitṛ, regular, calendrically anchored rites sustain gratitude, lineage responsibility, and social-religious stability.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with many Purāṇas, this is an instructional (ācāra/dharma) layer supplementing the pancalakṣaṇa; it is not a genealogical or cosmological section but a normative ritual guideline grounded in śruti.

What is the symbolic significance?

Darśa–pūrṇamāsa cycles symbolize time’s sacred rhythm: aligning ancestral propitiation with lunar order expresses that the family’s invisible bonds are harmonized with cosmic periodicity.