Shloka 31
Nakṣatra-Śrāddha (Ancestral Rites Connected with Asterisms) — नक्षत्रश्राद्धम्
Devanagari script
अगार दाही गरदो वृषलो ग्रामयाजकः / काण्डपृष्ठो ऽथ कुण्डाशी मधुपः सोमविक्रयी
Transliteration
agāra dāhī garado vṛṣalo grāmayājakaḥ / kāṇḍapṛṣṭho 'tha kuṇḍāśī madhupaḥ somavikrayī
Translation
L’incendiaire de maisons, l’empoisonneur, l’homme vil, le prêtre du village, celui dont le dos est marqué de plaies, celui qui mange du trou rituel, le buveur de miel et le vendeur de soma.
Word by Word
agāra-dāhīhouse-burner; arsonist
agāra-dāhī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootagāra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāhin (प्रातिपदिक; √dah ‘to burn’ से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (agāraṃ dahati iti)
garadaḥpoisoner
garadaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgarada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
vṛṣalaḥoutcaste; low-born man
vṛṣalaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛṣala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
grāma-yājakaḥvillage priest
grāma-yājakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgrāma (प्रातिपदिक) + yājaka (प्रातिपदिक; √yaj ‘to sacrifice’ से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (grāme yājakaḥ—village-priest)
kāṇḍa-pṛṣṭhaḥone with a stiff/wooden back; humpbacked
kāṇḍa-pṛṣṭhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + pṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (kāṇḍaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ yasya / kāṇḍa-sadṛśa-pṛṣṭhaḥ)
athaand then; further
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conj./sequencer: ‘then/and further’)
kuṇḍa-āśīone who eats from a bowl/pot (base fellow)
kuṇḍa-āśī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśin (प्रातिपदिक; √aś ‘to eat’ से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (kuṇḍe āśī—one who eats from a pot/bowl; contemptuous)
madhupaḥhoney-drinker; bee; drunkard
madhupaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhupa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
soma-vikrayīseller of soma
soma-vikrayī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक) + vikrayin (प्रातिपदिक; √krī ‘to buy/sell’ से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (somasya vikrayī—seller of soma)