Shloka 26

Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid

Sanskrit

पूति पर्युषितञ्चैव वार्ताक्यभिषवांस्तथा ।

वर्जनीयानि वै श्राद्धे यच्च वस्त्रानिलाहतम् ॥

Transliteration

pūti paryuṣitañ caiva vārtāky-abhiṣavāṃs tathā / varjanīyāni vai śrāddhe yac ca vastrānilāhatam

Translation

Les aliments malodorants et rassis, ainsi que certaines préparations telles que la vārtākī et les breuvages fermentés ou enivrants—tout cela doit être évité dans le śrāddha; de même, tout tissu que le vent a soufflé, dispersé ou souillé.

Word by Word

• पूति: foul-smelling; rotten
• पूति: Karma (कर्म—thing to be avoided)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; दुर्गन्धयुक्त (as item)

• पर्युषितम्: stale; kept overnight
• पर्युषितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + uṣ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'stale/kept overnight'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphasis)

• वार्ताक्यभिषवान्: (things like) eggplant-juice/pressings
• वार्ताक्यभिषवान्: Karma (कर्म—thing to be avoided)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārtākī + abhiṣava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः 'वार्ताक्याः अभिषवः' (pressing/juice of eggplant); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वर्जनीयानि: are to be avoided
• वर्जनीयानि: Kriya (क्रिया—predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ज् (धातु) + अनीयर् (कृदन्त)
• Form: अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेयविशेषणम्

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• श्राद्धे: in śrāddha
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• यत्: whatever which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म—thing to be avoided)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• वस्त्रानिलाहतम्: (food etc.) struck by wind (while covered by cloth)
• वस्त्रानिलाहतम्: Karma (कर्म—thing to be avoided)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vastra + anila + āhata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः 'वस्त्रेण/वस्त्र- (संबन्ध) अनिलेन आहतम्' = wind-struck on cloth/through cloth; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speakers

• Dharmic instruction within Markandeya Purana’s ritual discourse (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Śrāddha
• Food rules
• Ritual purity (freshness/fit items)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Offerings should be fresh, sattvic, and carefully maintained; negligence (stale/putrid items) undermines the rite’s dignity and intended benefit.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra-dharma (ritual injunctions) material; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

Freshness symbolizes present, attentive consciousness. Fermentation/intoxication symbolizes mental agitation; wind-blown cloth suggests uncontrolled dispersion—each is a metaphor for a scattered sankalpa.