Shloka 91
Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)
Devanagari script
तथा श्राद्धेषु दत्तान्नं मन्त्रः प्रापयते पितॄन् / एवं ह्यविफलं श्राद्धं श्रद्धादत्तं तु मन्त्रतः
Transliteration
tathā śrāddheṣu dattānnaṃ mantraḥ prāpayate pitṝn / evaṃ hyaviphalaṃ śrāddhaṃ śraddhādattaṃ tu mantrataḥ
Translation
De même, la nourriture offerte dans les śrāddha est portée par le mantra jusqu’aux Pitṛ. Ainsi, le śrāddha donné avec foi et selon les mantras n’est jamais sans fruit.
Word by Word
tathāso/likewise
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (तथार्थक)
śrāddheṣuin śrāddha rites
śrāddheṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
datta-annamthe food that is given
datta-annam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdatta (कृदन्त) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘given food’
mantraḥthe mantra
mantraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
prāpayatecauses to reach/delivers
prāpayate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु) (णिच् causative)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); causative sense
pitṝnthe ancestors/fathers
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
evamthus
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha-dyotaka (सम्बन्ध-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
a-viphalamnot fruitless
a-viphalam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + viphala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘śrāddham’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
śrāddhamśrāddha (rite/offering)
śrāddham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
śraddhā-dattamgiven with faith
śraddhā-dattam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + datta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘śrāddham’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha-dyotaka (सम्बन्ध-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adversative/emphatic particle (निपात)
mantrataḥby means of mantra / according to mantra
mantrataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), ablatival adverb (तसिलन्त) meaning ‘from/according to mantra’