Shloka 8

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā and Namaskāra: Criteria of Reverence and Non-Offense (ब्राह्मणपूजा-नमस्कारविधिः)

Devanagari script

गोरोचनासमालम्भो वचाहस्तश्न यो भवेत्‌ । घृताक्षतं च यो दद्यान्मस्तके तत्परायण:

Transliteration

gorocanā-samālambho vacā-hastaś ca yo bhavet | ghṛtākṣataṃ ca yo dadyān mastake tat-parāyaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Wer (den Körper) mit Gorocanā salbt, Vacā in der Hand hält und, dem Ritus hingegeben, mit Ghee vermischte Akṣata (ungebrochene Körner) auf das Haupt legt—der vollzieht eine glückverheißende, schützende Observanz.“

Word by Word

• गोरोचना-समालम्भः: the application/anointing with gorocanā
• गोरोचना-समालम्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोरोचना + समालम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वचा-हस्तः: one whose hand holds vacā (sweet-flag)
• वचा-हस्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचा + हस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• घृत-अक्षतम्: rice-grains (akṣata) with ghee
• घृत-अक्षतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत + अक्षत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: would give / should offer
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मस्तके: on the head
• मस्तके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मस्तक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तत्-परायणः: devoted to that / intent on that
• तत्-परायणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + परायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• gorocanā
• vacā
• ghṛta (ghee)
• akṣata (unbroken grains)
• mastaka (head)