Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 157

Genealogy of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Procedure of Śrāddha

Devanagari script

सौकरेण तु तृप्यंते मासान्पंचदशैव तु । वार्ध्रीणसस्य मांसेन तृप्तिर्द्वादशवार्षिकी

Transliteration

saukareṇa tu tṛpyaṃte māsānpaṃcadaśaiva tu | vārdhrīṇasasya māṃsena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī

Translation

Dengan daging babi hutan, kepuasan berlangsung lima belas bulan; dan dengan daging vārdhrīṇasa, kepuasan bertahan selama dua belas tahun.

Word by Word

• saukareṇa: with boar(-meat)
• saukareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saukara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘सौकर’ = सूकरसम्बन्धि (boar-related, boar-meat)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• tṛpyante: are satisfied
• tṛpyante: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• māsān: months
• māsān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• pañca-daśa: fifteen
• pañca-daśa: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः (15); द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with māsān)

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• vārdhrīṇasasya: of the vārdhrīṇasa (an animal; species-name)
• vārdhrīṇasasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārdhrīṇasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• māṃsena: with meat
• māṃsena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• tṛptiḥ: satiation
• tṛptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dvādaśa-vārṣikī: lasting twelve years
• dvādaśa-vārṣikī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vārṣikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘द्वादशवर्षिकी’ = द्वादशवर्षपर्यन्ता (lasting twelve years) विशेषण (tṛptiḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 9).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: māsānpaṃcadaśaiva = māsān + pañca-daśa + eva; tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī = tṛptiḥ + dvādaśa-vārṣikī.

FAQs

What is the verse comparing, and what does “satisfaction” mean here?

It compares the duration of “tṛpti” (appeasement/satisfaction) produced by different kinds of meat; in many Purāṇic contexts, this language is used for the results attributed to offerings or ritual feeding rather than ordinary eating.

Who is being “satisfied” in this verse?

The excerpt does not specify; in Purāṇic passages, such “tṛpti” statements commonly refer to ancestors (pitṛs) or deities in an offering context, but confirming this requires the surrounding verses of Adhyaya 9.

What is the ethical or theological takeaway from this verse?

Read in context, such verses typically function as a graded statement of ritual efficacy (phala-śruti), emphasizing that actions and offerings are believed to yield results of differing duration; the broader section usually clarifies the intended ritual setting and moral framing.