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Shloka 27

Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid

Sanskrit

श्रद्धया परया दत्तं पितॄणां नामगोत्रतः ।

यदाहारास्तु ते जातास्तदाहारत्वमेति तत् ॥

Transliteration

śraddhayā parayā dattaṃ pitṝṇāṃ nāma-gotrataḥ / yad āhārās tu te jātās tad āhāratvam eti tat

Translation

至上の信をもって施され、Pitṛ（祖霊）にその名と gotra（氏族系譜）を挙げて捧げられたものは、まさに彼らの食となる—彼らにふさわしい糧の形がいかなるものであれ、その供物はその状態に到達する。

Word by Word
श्रद्धयाwith faith
श्रद्धया:
Karana (करण/instrumental—manner)
TypeNoun
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
परयाsupreme; intense
परया:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; 'श्रद्धया' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
दत्तम्given; offered
दत्तम्:
Karma (कर्म—thing given/offered)
TypeAdjective
Rootदा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
पितॄणाम्of/for the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितॄणाम्:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient—genitive usage)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
नामगोत्रतःaccording to (their) name and lineage
नामगोत्रतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualification)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma + gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावसमासः; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) = 'by/according to name and lineage'
यत्whatever which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म—relative object)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक
आहाराःfoods; sustenances
आहाराः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootāhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तुbut; indeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (contrastive particle)
तेthey (the ancestors)
ते:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'पितरः' इत्यर्थे
जाताःbecome; arisen
जाताः:
Kriya (क्रिया—predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'ते' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
तत्that (offering)
तत्:
Karta (कर्ता/subject of 'एति')
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-निर्देश
आहारत्वम्the state of being food
आहारत्वम्:
Karma (कर्म—attained state)
TypeNoun
Rootāhāra + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष/उपपद-भावसमासः (आहार + त्व = state of being food); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
एतिgoes to; becomes; attains
एति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तत्that (very thing)
तत्:
Karma (कर्म—correlative to 'यत्')
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनर्निर्देश (anaphoric)
Speakers
Dharmic instruction within Markandeya Purana’s ritual discourse (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)
Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities
Pitṛs
Key Themes
DharmaPitṛ PūjāŚrāddha efficacyŚraddhā (faith)Sankalpa (intent)

FAQs

Intention and reverent precision matter: faith (śraddhā) plus correct relational addressing (nāma-gotra) is said to transform the material offering into a fitting benefit for subtle recipients.

Ritual-dharma teaching; not one of the five characteristics, but a practical theology of how offerings ‘reach’ their intended recipients.

Naming and gotra function like an ‘address’ in subtle space; śraddhā is the energizing force that converts gross offering into subtle nourishment compatible with the pitṛs’ plane.

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