Shloka 4
अग्निनिचयः (Agninichaya) / The Accumulation of Sacred Fire & the Classification of Pitṛs by Time-Order
Devanagari script
मध्वादयः षडृतवः पितॄंस्तान्परिचक्षते / ऋतवः पितरो देवा इत्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः
Transliteration
madhvādayaḥ ṣaḍṛtavaḥ pitṝṃstānparicakṣate / ṛtavaḥ pitaro devā ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ
Translation
The six seasons, beginning with Madhū, are spoken of as those Pitṛs. “The seasons are the Pitṛs, and the Pitṛs are the devas”—such is the Vedic Śruti.
Word by Word
madhva-ādayaḥ(those) beginning with Madhu
madhva-ādayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhva + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; ‘beginning with Madhu’
ṣaṭ-ṛtavaḥthe six seasons
ṣaṭ-ṛtavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṭ (संख्या) + ṛtu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; dvigu ‘six seasons’
pitṝnthe Pitṛs
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
tānthose
tān:
Karma (कर्म/apposition)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; referring to pitṝn
paricakṣatecall/designate
paricakṣate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√cakṣ (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; Ātmanepada
ṛtavaḥseasons
ṛtavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛtu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
pitaraḥPitṛs
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
devāḥgods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle
eṣāthis
eṣā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; pronoun referring to śrutiḥ
vaidikīVedic
vaidikī:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaidikī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; qualifying śrutiḥ
śrutiḥrevelation/tradition
śrutiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśruti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular