Shloka 163
Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga
Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes
Devanagari script
असत्प्रतिग्रही यश्च तथैवायाज्ययाजकः / नक्षत्रैर्जीवते यश्च नरो गच्छत्यधोमुखम्
Transliteration
asatpratigrahī yaśca tathaivāyājyayājakaḥ / nakṣatrairjīvate yaśca naro gacchatyadhomukham
Translation
He who accepts gifts from the unworthy, performs sacrifice for those unfit to be sacrificed for, and lives by reliance on the stars, goes to the hell called Adhomukha.
Word by Word
asat-pratigrahīreceiver of improper gifts
asat-pratigrahī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roota-sat + pratigrahī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; tatpuruṣa: asataḥ pratigrahaṃ karoti iti (one who accepts improper gifts)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
tathāthus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) = thus/so
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण निपात)
ayājya-yājakaḥone who officiates for the unworthy
ayājya-yājakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roota-yājya + yājaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ayājyaṃ yājayati iti (one who makes the unfit perform sacrifice / officiates for the unworthy)
nakṣatraiḥby/through stars (astrology)
nakṣatraiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
jīvatelives/earns a living
jīvate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjīv (धातु)
FormLat-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular; Ātmanepada
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
gacchatigoes
gacchati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormLat-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular; Parasmaipada
adho-mukhamface-down/downwards
adho-mukham:
Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhas + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; avyayībhāva: adhaḥ (down) + mukham (face) = 'face-down'; used as gati/goal complement with 'gacchati'