Shloka 72

पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः

Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries

Devanagari script

पितरस्तस्य तुष्यन्ति सुवृष्टेनैव कर्षकाः / पुत्रो वाप्यथ वा पौत्रो ध्यानिनं भोजयिष्यति

Transliteration

pitarastasya tuṣyanti suvṛṣṭenaiva karṣakāḥ / putro vāpyatha vā pautro dhyāninaṃ bhojayiṣyati

Translation

Comme le cultivateur se réjouit d’une bonne pluie, ainsi ses ancêtres sont comblés; et son fils ou son petit-fils nourrira le méditant (dhyānin).

Word by Word

• pitaraḥ: the fathers/ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tuṣyanti: are satisfied
• tuṣyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• su-vṛṣṭena: by good rainfall
• su-vṛṣṭena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from √vṛṣ)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘good rain’; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic

• karṣakāḥ: farmers
• karṣakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), ‘also/even’

• atha: then/also
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (निपात/क्रियाविशेषण), ‘then/and further’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)

• pautraḥ: grandson
• pautraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• dhyāninam: a meditator
• dhyāninam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyānin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhojayiṣyati: will feed
• bhojayiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु) [causative/णिच्: भोजय-]
• Form: Causative (णिच्), Simple future (लृट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)