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Shloka 50

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

यद्यदिष्टतमं तेषां तत्तदन्नमसत्वरम् ।

अक्रुध्यंśca naro dadyāt sambhavena pralobhayan ॥

yadyadiṣṭacatamaṃ teṣāṃ tattadannamasatvaram / akrudhyaṃśca naro dadyāt sambhavena pralobhayan

তাদের প্রত্যেকের যা সর্বাধিক প্রিয়, সেই অন্নই সে ধীরে ধীরে প্রদান করবে। মানুষ ক্রোধ না করে দান করবে, এবং যা সম্ভব ও প্রাপ্য, তাই দিয়ে তাদের উৎসাহিত করবে।

यत्-यत्whatever
यत्-यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (correlative)
इष्टतमम्most desired
इष्टतमम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्टतम (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट + तमप्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; यत्-यत् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
तत्-तत्that and that (each such)
तत्-तत्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अन्नम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
अ-सत्वरम्without haste
अ-सत्वरम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअ (नञ्) + सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb)
अक्रुध्यन्not getting angry
अक्रुध्यन्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√क्रुध् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नरो इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
नरःthe man (host)
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
सम्भवेनaccording to means/availability
सम्भवेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव (by means of/as per ability)
प्रलोभयन्enticing/pleasing
प्रलोभयन्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√लुभ् (धातु)
Formणिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative + शतृ (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नरो इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
Dharma-instruction within the Markandeya Purana narrative

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DharmaŚrāddhaDānaSelf-controlHospitality

FAQs

The giver’s inner state matters: generosity must be free of irritation and hurry. Dharma is fulfilled by capacity (sambhava) without performative excess or resentment.

Ācāra/dharma instruction; not directly pañcalakṣaṇa.

Unhurried giving and absence of anger prevent ‘rajas’ from contaminating the rite; the offering becomes sattvic and thus more ‘reachable’ to pitṛs in the ritual imagination.