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Shloka 43

Śrāddha-kalpa: Amarakantaka–Tīrtha-Māhātmya and Akṣaya Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa

अक्षयं सर्वकामीयं श्राद्धं प्रीणाति वै पितॄन् / जातवेदः शिला तत्र साक्षादग्नेः सनातनात्

akṣayaṃ sarvakāmīyaṃ śrāddhaṃ prīṇāti vai pitṝn / jātavedaḥ śilā tatra sākṣādagneḥ sanātanāt

This imperishable Śrāddha, granting every desire, truly delights the Pitṛs. There, the stone called Jātaveda is the very, direct presence of Agni, the Eternal.

akṣayamimperishable
akṣayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootakṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying)
sarvakāmīyamfulfilling all desires
sarvakāmīyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva+kāmīya (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + कामीय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध (determinative: 'of all desires' → 'fulfilling all desires')
śrāddhamŚrāddha rite (ancestral offering)
śrāddham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
prīṇātipleases/satisfies
prīṇāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprī (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय
pitṝnthe ancestors (Pitṛs)
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)
jātavedaḥJātavedas (Agni)
jātavedaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjāta+veda (प्रातिपदिक; जात + वेद)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (descriptive epithet)
śilāstone (sacred slab)
śilā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśilā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
sākṣātdirectly, manifestly
sākṣāt:
Sambandha/Qualifier (विशेषणार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsākṣāt (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable), प्रकार/साक्षात्कारे (adverb: directly)
agneḥof Agni
agneḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
sanātanātfrom the eternal (one)
sanātanāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeAdjective
Rootsanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; विशेषण (used substantively: 'from the eternal one')