Shloka 7

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

Sanskrit

वाद्ह्रीणसामिषं लौहं कालशाकं तथा मधु ।

दौहित्रामिषमन्यच्च यच्चान्यत् स्वकुलोद्भवैः ॥

Transliteration

vādhrīṇasāmiṣaṃ lauhaṃ kālaśākaṃ tathā madhu / dauhitrāmiṣam anyac ca yac cānyat svakulodbhavaiḥ

Translation

ເນື້ອວາດຣີນາ (vādhrīṇa), ແລະ (ເນື້ອ) ລາວະ (lauha), ຄາລະຊາກະ (kālaśāka—ຜັກໃບສີເຂັ້ມ), ແລະນ້ຳເຜິ້ງ; ພ້ອມທັງ (ເນື້ອ) ລູກຊາຍຂອງລູກສາວ (dauhitra) ແລະອື່ນໆ—ສິ່ງໃດກໍຕາມທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນໃນສາຍຕະກູນຂອງຕົນ—ຖືກກ່າວເຖິງໃນບົດວ່າດ້ວຍຄວາມພໍໃຈຂອງປິຕຣຶ.

Word by Word

• वाद्ह्रीणसः: of the vādhrīṇasa (an animal, species uncertain)
• वाद्ह्रीणसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाद्ह्रीणस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (प्राणीविशेषस्य)

• आमिषम्: meat/flesh
• आमिषम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लौहम्: iron (or something made of iron)
• लौहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लौह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘लौह’ = लोहमय/लोहेन सम्बन्धि

• कालशाकम्: black/dark leafy vegetable
• कालशाकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + शाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कालं शाकम्/‘dark/black vegetable’)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण (and/likewise)

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दौहित्र-आमिषम्: meat of a daughter's son (grandson) (contextual/ritual term)
• दौहित्र-आमिषम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौहित्र + आमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दौहित्रस्य आमिषम्)

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्वकुलोद्भवैः: by those born in one’s own family/lineage
• स्वकुलोद्भवैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + कुल + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वकुलात् उद्भवाः)

Speakers

• Dharmic instruction within the Markandeya Purana’s didactic discourse (speaker not explicit in the provided extract)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Śrāddha
• Pitṛ-pūjā
• Ritual substances (dravya)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse broadens the śrāddha discourse beyond common staples, emphasizing that lineage-relations (like the dauhitra connection) and specific dravyas are ritually significant in Purāṇic social-ethics.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma/ācāra guidance, not one of the five defining Purāṇic topics, but typical of Purāṇic encyclopedic instruction.

What is the esoteric significance?

Mention of dauhitra highlights the subtle ‘return-flow’ of lineage merit across branches of family. Items like honey/greens can symbolize sweetness and vitality offered to the ancestral subtle body (piṇḍa/tarpaṇa economy).