Shloka 5

अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

अयज्वानश् च यज्वानः पितरः प्रीतिमानसाः अग्निष्वात्ताश् च यज्वानः शेषा बर्हिषदः स्मृताः

Transliteration

ayajvānaś ca yajvānaḥ pitaraḥ prītimānasāḥ agniṣvāttāś ca yajvānaḥ śeṣā barhiṣadaḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

Les Pitṛs sont de deux sortes : ceux qui n’accomplirent pas les sacrifices védiques et ceux qui les accomplirent ; tous sont d’un esprit joyeux. Parmi eux, les Agniṣvāttas sont les sacrifiants, tandis que les autres Pitṛs sont rappelés comme les Barhiṣads.

Word by Word

• अयज्वानः: non-sacrificers (those without yajña)

• च: and

• यज्वानः: sacrificers (performers of yajña)

• पितरः: the Pitṛs/ancestors

• प्रीतिमानसाः: with pleased minds, joyful-hearted

• अग्निष्वात्ताः: the Agniṣvātta class of Pitṛs

• च: and

• यज्वानः: (are) sacrificers

• शेषाः: the rest/remaining

• बर्हिषदः: Barhiṣad Pitṛs (associated with barhis, sacrificial grass)

• स्मृताः: are remembered/are known as.

Speaker

Suta Goswami