Shloka 38
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
फलगुपात्रेषु कुर्वाणः सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् / परां द्युतिमथार्केतु प्राकाश्यं च विशेषतः
Transliteration
phalagupātreṣu kurvāṇaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt / parāṃ dyutimathārketu prākāśyaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Translation
Wer das Ritual in Phalagu-Gefäßen vollzieht, erlangt alle Wünsche; und im Arka empfängt er höchsten Glanz und eine besondere Helligkeit.
Word by Word
phalagu-pātreṣuin phalagu vessels
phalagu-pātreṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootphalagu (प्रातिपदिक) + pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; Tatpuruṣa: ‘vessels of phalagu (wood/type)’
kurvāṇaḥperforming (the rite)
kurvāṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु) (शानच्-कृदन्त)
FormPresent active participle (शानच्); Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘doing/performing’
sarvānall
sarvān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; qualifies kāmān
kāmāndesires
kāmān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural
avāpnuyātmay obtain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√āp (धातु)
FormOptative/Benitive (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘may obtain’
parāmsupreme
parām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifies dyutim
dyutimsplendour
dyutim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
athathen/also
atha:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormParticle (अनन्तर/प्रस्ताव-अव्यय) ‘then/also’
arketuin/with arketu
arketu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootarketu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (tree-name; reading per prompt)
prākāśyambrightness/clarity
prākāśyam:
Pratipādya (प्रतिपाद्य)
TypeNoun
Rootprākāśya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
viśeṣataḥespecially
viśeṣataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootviśeṣatas (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (विशेष-अव्यय) ‘especially’