Shloka 43

Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)

Devanagari script

पूर्णन्दोः पूर्णपक्षे तु रात्रिसंधिश्च पूर्णिमा / ततो विरज्यते नक्तं पौर्णमास्यां निशाकरः

Transliteration

pūrṇandoḥ pūrṇapakṣe tu rātrisaṃdhiśca pūrṇimā / tato virajyate naktaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ niśākaraḥ

Translation

Dans la quinzaine claire, le moment de jonction de la nuit est la Pūrṇimā ; en cette nuit de Paurṇamāsī, Niśākara, la Lune, brille d’un éclat particulier.

Word by Word

• pūrṇandoḥ: of the full moon
• pūrṇandoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇa + indu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—कर्मधारयः (पूर्णः इन्दुः)

• pūrṇapakṣe: in the full fortnight
• pūrṇapakṣe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇa + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; समासः—कर्मधारयः (पूर्णः पक्षः)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• rātri-saṃdhiḥ: the junction of night (midnight)
• rātri-saṃdhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri + saṃdhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रात्रेः सन्धिः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• pūrṇimā: the full-moon day
• pūrṇimā: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tataḥ: then/from that time
• tataḥ: Apādāna (अपादानार्थ/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय), ablatival sense ‘from then’

• virajyate: shines/brightens
• virajyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√raj (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; passive/intransitive sense ‘shines forth/appears bright’

• naktaṃ: at night
• naktaṃ: Kāla (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: naktaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon night/day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• niśākaraḥ: the moon
• niśākaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निशायाः करः = निशाकरः)