Shloka 253

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

Devanagari script

पिण्डदास्तस्य हीयन्ते न च प्रीणाति वै पितृन्‌ । धर्मने कहा--ब्राह्मण यदि राजाका कर्मचारी हो

Transliteration

piṇḍadās tasya hīyante na ca prīṇāti vai pitṝn |

Translation

ທັມມະກ່າວວ່າ: ຜູ້ໃດໃຫ້ປິນດະ (ກ້ອນເຂົ້າພິທີສົ່ງວິນຍານ) ແກ່ຜູ້ຮັບທີ່ບໍ່ຄວນ ບຸນກຸສົນຂອງຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະຫຼຸດຖອຍ ແລະບັນພະບຸລຸດກໍບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມພໍໃຈໂດຍແທ້. ຂໍ້ທັມມະຄື: ເຄື່ອງຖວາຍສຳລັບພິທີແກ່ເທວະ (ຍັດ) ແລະແກ່ບັນພະບຸລຸດ (ສຣາດທະ) ຕ້ອງໃຫ້ດ້ວຍປັນຍາແຍກແຍະ; ການໃຫ້ຜິດທີ່ຜິດຄົນ ທຳລາຍຄຸນຄ່າທາງຈິດວິນຍານຂອງຜູ້ໃຫ້ ແລະບໍ່ອາດໃຫ້ພິທີສຳເລັດຕາມຈຸດປະສົງໄດ້.

Word by Word

• पिण्डदाः: givers of piṇḍa (funeral offerings)
• पिण्डदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्डद (पिण्ड + द)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हीयन्ते: decline / are diminished
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (हायते/हीयते)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada, Passive/Ātmanepada usage

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रीणाति: pleases / satisfies
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (प्रीणाति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

धर्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Piṇḍa (funerary offering)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Offerings for śrāddha must be made with proper discernment; giving piṇḍa inappropriately leads to the giver’s loss of merit and does not bring satisfaction to the ancestors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dharma is instructing about the consequences of improper ritual giving, stating that when piṇḍa is offered wrongly, the performer’s spiritual benefit declines and the pitṛs are not pleased.