Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 101
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
Devanagari script
स्कन्नमात्रं च तच्छुक्रे ख्रुवेण परिगृह्म सः । आज्यवन्मन्त्रतश्नापि सोडजुहोद् भूगुनन्दन
Transliteration
skannamātraṃ ca tacchukre khruveṇa parigṛhya saḥ | ājyavanmantrataś cāpi so 'dya juhod bhṛgunandana ||
Translation
ज्यों ही वह वीर्य स्खलित हुआ, उन्होंने उसे ख्रुव (यज्ञ-चमस) से शीघ्र समेट लिया। फिर, हे भृगुनन्दन, स्वयं मन्त्रों का उच्चारण करते हुए उसे घी की भाँति अग्नि में होम कर दिया।
Word by Word
स्कन्नमात्रम्only what had fallen (a mere fallen amount)
स्कन्नमात्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्कन्न (√स्कन्द्) + मात्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शुक्रेin/with the semen
शुक्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
ख्रुवेणwith the ladle (sruva)
ख्रुवेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootख्रुव
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
परिगृह्यhaving taken up/collected
परिगृह्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + √ग्रह्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आज्यवत्like ghee
आज्यवत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootआज्य + वत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मन्त्रतःwith mantras / according to mantra-recitation
मन्त्रतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमन्त्र
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उजुहोत्offered (as oblation)
उजुहोत्:
TypeVerb
Rootउ + √हु
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular
भृगुनन्दनO descendant/son of Bhṛgu
भृगुनन्दन:
TypeNoun
Rootभृगु + नन्दन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)भ
भृगुनन्दन (Bhṛgunandana / a Bhārgava addressee)ख
ख्रुव (khruva, sacrificial ladle)श
शुक्र (semen)ह
होम / यज्ञाग्नि (oblation / sacrificial fire, implied)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes