Shloka 14

Devanagari script

प्रपितामहाय च तत एपष श्राद्धविधि: स्मृत: । ब्रूयाच्छाद्धे च सावित्रीं पिण्डे पिण्डे समाहित:,तदनन्तर प्रपितामहको पिण्ड देना चाहिये। यह श्राद्धकी विधि बतायी गयी है। श्राद्धमें एकाग्रचित्त हो प्रत्येक पिण्ड देते समय गायत्री-मन्त्रका उच्चारण करना चाहिये

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Thereafter one should offer the piṇḍa to the great-grandfather (prapitāmaha). This is remembered as the proper procedure of the śrāddha rite. And in śrāddha, with a concentrated mind, one should recite the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī) mantra at the offering of each piṇḍa.”

Word by Word

प्रपितामहायto the great-grandfather

चand

तत्that

एषःthis

श्राद्धविधिःthe rite/procedure of śrāddha

स्मृतःis remembered/declared

ब्रूयात्one should recite/say

श्राद्धेin the śrāddha (rite)

चand

सावित्रीम्the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī) mantra

पिण्डेat/in (each) piṇḍa offering

समाहितःcollected, concentrated (in mind)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes