Shloka 61

Śrāddha-kalpa: Amarakantaka–Tīrtha-Māhātmya and Akṣaya Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa

Devanagari script

कृतात्मा वाकृतात्मा च यत्र विज्ञायते नरः / स्वर्गमार्गप्रदं नाम तीर्थं सद्यो वरप्रदम्

Transliteration

kṛtātmā vākṛtātmā ca yatra vijñāyate naraḥ / svargamārgapradaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ sadyo varapradam

Translation

人が成就した者か未成就の者かと見極められるその地は、『天界への道を授ける』と名づけられたティールタであり、ただちに恩寵を授ける。

Word by Word

• kṛtātmā: self-controlled / purified-souled
• kṛtātmā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of naraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi ‘one whose self is purified/controlled’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय)

• akṛtātmā: undisciplined / impure-souled
• akṛtātmā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of naraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + kṛtātmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi ‘one whose self is not purified/undisciplined’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय) ‘where’

• vijñāyate: is recognized / is known
• vijñāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √jñā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• svargamārgapradam: granting the path to heaven
• svargamārgapradam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of tīrtham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga + mārga + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘tīrtham’; tatpuruṣa ‘giving the path to heaven’

• nāma: indeed / namely
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) ‘indeed/namely’ used as quotative/emphatic

• tīrtham: a sacred ford / pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (कर्ता/subject of nominal clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (काल/immediacy)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• varapradam: boon-giving
• varapradam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of tīrtham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘tīrtham’; tatpuruṣa ‘granting boons’