Shloka 2
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
लोके श्रेष्ठतम् सर्वमात्मनश्चैव यत्प्रियम् / सर्वं पितॄणां दातव्यं तेषामेवाज्ञयार्थिना
Transliteration
loke śreṣṭhatam sarvamātmanaścaiva yatpriyam / sarvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dātavyaṃ teṣāmevājñayārthinā
Translation
世において最もすぐれ、また自らに最も愛しいものは、すべて祖霊（ピトリ）に布施として捧げるべきである。彼らの許しと歓喜を求める者はそう行え。
Word by Word
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular
śreṣṭhatamamthe very best
śreṣṭhatamam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśreṣṭha-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; superlative (तमप्)
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
ātmanaḥof oneself
ātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)
yatwhich
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; relative pronoun
priyamdear, pleasing
priyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicative with yat
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
pitṝṇāmof the ancestors (pitṛs)
pitṝṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural
dātavyamshould be given
dātavyam:
Vidhi (विधि/obligation)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (दा धातु) + tavyat (तव्यत्)
FormGerundive/obligative (तव्यत्-कृदन्त); Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘to be given/should be given’
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural; demonstrative pronoun
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
ājñayāby the command
ājñayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular
arthināby one who seeks (to act)
arthinā:
Karta (कर्ता/agent-in-instrumental construction)
TypeNoun
Rootarthin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular; agent ‘one who seeks’