Shloka 59
Śrāddha-kalpa: Amarakantaka–Tīrtha-Māhātmya and Akṣaya Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa
Devanagari script
संध्यायां च महानद्यां दृश्यते महादद्भुतम् / अश्रद्दधानं नाभ्येति सा चाभ्येति धृतव्रतम्
Transliteration
saṃdhyāyāṃ ca mahānadyāṃ dṛśyate mahādadbhutam / aśraddadhānaṃ nābhyeti sā cābhyeti dhṛtavratam
Translation
At twilight on the great river a wondrous marvel is seen: it does not approach one without śraddhā, yet it approaches the steadfast keeper of vows.
Word by Word
saṃdhyāyāmat twilight
saṃdhyāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/time)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)
mahānadyāmin the great river
mahānadyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘great river’ as place-name/context
dṛśyateis seen / appears
dṛśyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
mahāgreat
mahā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndeclinable adjective used as first member; qualifies ‘adbhutam’
adbhutama wonder
adbhutam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject in passive appearance)
TypeNoun
Rootadbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); subject of passive ‘dṛśyate’
aśraddadhānamthe faithless (one lacking śraddhā)
aśraddadhānam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeAdjective
Roota- + śraddadhāna (प्रातिपदिक; √dhā with śrad)
FormPresent participle (शतृ/शानच् type; here -āna), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘one who is not faithful’ used as object
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेधार्थक निपात)
abhyetiapproaches / comes near
abhyeti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi + √i (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sāshe / that (river)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun referring to the river/that (entity)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)
abhyetiapproaches
abhyeti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi + √i (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
dhṛtavratamthe vow-observant (person)
dhṛtavratam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhṛta + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (as person implied), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘one who has undertaken a vow’