Shloka 11
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
भूमौ कुशोत्तरायां च अपसव्यविधानतः / सर्वत्र वर्त्तमानास्ते पिण्डाः प्रीणन्ति वै पितॄन्
Transliteration
bhūmau kuśottarāyāṃ ca apasavyavidhānataḥ / sarvatra varttamānāste piṇḍāḥ prīṇanti vai pitṝn
Translation
Auf der Erde, indem man das Kuśa-Gras nach Norden legt und nach dem apasavya-Ritus verfährt, erfreuen jene Piṇḍa, wo immer sie dargebracht werden, wahrlich die Pitṛ, die Ahnen.
Word by Word
bhūmauon the ground/earth
bhūmau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
kuśa-uttarāyām(in a place) with kuśa to the north
kuśa-uttarāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘kuśaḥ uttarā yasyām’ = ‘with kuśa to the north/with kuśa placed northwards’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
apasavya-vidhānataḥaccording to the apasavya procedure
apasavya-vidhānataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु) / Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapasavya (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable) formed with तस् (tas) = ‘from/according to’; तत्पुरुष-समास: apasavya-vidhāna = ‘the procedure of apasavya (leftward/anti-clockwise)’
sarvatraeverywhere
sarvatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) / Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
varttamānāḥbeing present/remaining
varttamānāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvṛt (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
tethose
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)
piṇḍāḥrice-balls (piṇḍas)
piṇḍāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpiṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
prīṇantisatisfy/please
prīṇanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprī (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)
pitṝnthe ancestors (pitṛs)
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)