Shloka 52
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
अन्नदो लभते नित्यं कन्याकोटीस्तथैव च / अन्नदानात्परं दानं नान्यत्किञ्चित्तु विद्यते
Transliteration
annado labhate nityaṃ kanyākoṭīstathaiva ca / annadānātparaṃ dānaṃ nānyatkiñcittu vidyate
Translation
Wer Speise spendet, erlangt stets das Verdienst von kanyā-koṭi; keine Gabe ist höher als die Gabe der Nahrung.
Word by Word
anna-daḥthe giver of food
anna-daḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक) + √dā (दा धातु)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); उपपद-तत्पुरुष—‘giver of food’
labhateobtains
labhate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√labh (लभ् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (अव्ययीभाववत्/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)
kanyā-koṭīḥcrores of maidens
kanyā-koṭīḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘crores of maidens’
tathāthus/also
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle of emphasis (निपात)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
anna-dānātthan the gift of food
anna-dānāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘from/than food-giving’
paramsuperior
param:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण—‘higher/superior’ (qualifies dānam)
dānama gift/charity
dānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); here Nominative as predicate with vidyate
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
anyatanything else
anyat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively ‘anything else’
kiñcitanything (at all)
kiñcit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite pronoun
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) expressing contrast/emphasis
vidyateexists/is found
vidyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (विद् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); existential ‘is found/exists’