Shloka 13
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
सूत उवाच अत्र वो कीर्तयिष्यामि यथाप्रज्ञं यथाश्रुतम् / मन्वन्तरेषु जायन्ते पितरो देवसूनवः
Transliteration
sūta uvāca atra vo kīrtayiṣyāmi yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam / manvantareṣu jāyante pitaro devasūnavaḥ
Translation
スータは言った。「ここに、我が理解と伝聞のままに語ろう。諸マヌヴァンタラにおいて、祖霊（ピトリ）は神々の子として生まれる。」
Word by Word
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (सूत प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्, Perfect), Prathama (प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
atrahere
atra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśa-avyaya (देशाव्यय), adverb ‘here/in this context’
vaḥto you (all)
vaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī (6/षष्ठी) or Dvitīyā (2/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); enclitic ‘your/to you’ (context: ‘to you’ as recipient)
kīrtayiṣyāmiI shall recount
kīrtayiṣyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkīrtay (कीर्तय्, causative of kīrt/√kīrt)
FormLuṭ (लुट्, Periphrastic Future) / simple future sense, Uttama (उत्तमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yathā-prajñamas far as (my) intellect allows
yathā-prajñam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā + prajñā (यथा + प्रज्ञा प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) adverbial compound; ‘according to (my) understanding’
yathā-śrutamas I have heard
yathā-śrutam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā + śruta (यथा + श्रुत प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) adverbial compound; ‘as heard/according to what is heard’
manv-antareṣuin the Manvantaras
manv-antareṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu-antara (मनु + अन्तर प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘Manu-period’; Napuṃsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī (7/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
jāyanteare born / arise
jāyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (जन् धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्, Present), Prathama (प्रथमपुरुष), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
pitaraḥthe Pitṛs (ancestors)
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (पितृ प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
deva-sūnavaḥsons of the gods
deva-sūnavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + sūnu (देव + सूनु प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘sons of the gods’; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); apposition to ‘pitaraḥ’