Shloka 20
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
ततस्त स्वसुतांश्चैव प्रयश्चित्तजि घृक्षवः / अपृच्छन्संयतात्मानो विधिवच्च मिथो मिथः
Transliteration
tatasta svasutāṃścaiva prayaścittaji ghṛkṣavaḥ / apṛcchansaṃyatātmāno vidhivacca mitho mithaḥ
Translation
પછી પ્રાયશ્ચિત્ત કરવા ઇચ્છુક, સંયમિત મનવાળા તેઓ પોતાના પુત્રોને વિધિપૂર્વક, પરસ્પર પૂછવા લાગ્યા।
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla/Anantara (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya adverb ‘then’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
sva-sutāntheir own sons
sva-sutān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘own sons’; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle (समुच्चय)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण)
prāyaścitta-jighṛkṣavaḥdesiring expiation
prāyaścitta-jighṛkṣavaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक) + ji-ghṛkṣu (कृदन्त; desiderative adjective from √grah/√ghṛkṣ?)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘desirous of expiation’; jighṛkṣu = desiderative adjectival form (इच्छार्थक) ; Masculine, Nominative, Plural; qualifies te
apṛcchanasked
apṛcchan:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprach (धातु)
FormLuṅ (aorist), 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada
saṃyata-ātmānaḥself-controlled
saṃyata-ātmānaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃyata (संयत, kta of √yam) + ātman (आत्मन्, प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi ‘whose self is restrained’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural; qualifies te
vidhivatproperly
vidhivat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya adverb (तद्धितान्त/वत्) ‘according to rule’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle
mithaḥmutually
mithaḥ:
Paraspara (परस्पर)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmithaḥ (अव्यय)
FormReciprocal adverb (परस्परार्थक अव्यय)
mithaḥeach other
mithaḥ:
Paraspara (परस्पर)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmithaḥ (अव्यय)
FormRepetition for emphasis; reciprocal adverb