Shloka 67
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
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Devanagari script
न प्रीणन्ति तथैतानि दातु श्चाप्यहितं भवेत् / श्रेष्ठमाहुस्त्रिककुदमञ्जनं नित्यमेव च
Transliteration
na prīṇanti tathaitāni dātu ścāpyahitaṃ bhavet / śreṣṭhamāhustrikakudamañjanaṃ nityameva ca
Translation
Such things do not please in that manner, and may even be harmful to the giver. The best, it is said, is trikakuda anjana, and that offered always.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Modifier (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, negation particle (निषेध)
prīṇantiplease/satisfy
prīṇanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprī (धातु)
FormPresent (laṭ/लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person Plural
tathāthus/so
tathā:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (तुल्यार्थक/प्रकारवाचक)
etānithese (things)
etāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
dātuḥof the giver
dātuḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
apialso/even
api:
Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (अपि)
ahitamharm/inauspiciousness
ahitam:
Karma/Predicate (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootahita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative Singular; predicate noun
bhavetwould be / should become
bhavet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormOptative/vidhi-liṅ, Parasmaipada, 3rd person Singular
śreṣṭhambest
śreṣṭham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootśreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative Singular; used as object-complement/predicate with āhuḥ
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
FormPerfect (liṭ/लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person Plural
trikakuda-mañjanamtrikakuda-ointment/collyrium
trikakuda-mañjanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottrikakuda (प्रातिपदिक) + añjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'collyrium/ointment (añjana) of trikakuda'
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva usage: adverbial accusative (नित्यं)
evaindeed
eva:
Modifier (विशेषण-भाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction