Shloka 91
Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)
Devanagari script
तथा श्राद्धेषु दत्तान्नं मन्त्रः प्रापयते पितॄन् / एवं ह्यविफलं श्राद्धं श्रद्धादत्तं तु मन्त्रतः
Transliteration
tathā śrāddheṣu dattānnaṃ mantraḥ prāpayate pitṝn / evaṃ hyaviphalaṃ śrāddhaṃ śraddhādattaṃ tu mantrataḥ
Translation
അതുപോലെ ശ്രാദ്ധത്തിൽ നൽകിയ അന്നം മന്ത്രം പിതൃകളിലേക്കെത്തിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ മന്ത്രസഹിതം ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ നൽകിയ ശ്രാദ്ധം ഒരിക്കലും നിഷ്ഫലമാകില്ല.
Word by Word
tathāso/likewise
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (तथार्थक)
śrāddheṣuin śrāddha rites
śrāddheṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
datta-annamthe food that is given
datta-annam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdatta (कृदन्त) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘given food’
mantraḥthe mantra
mantraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
prāpayatecauses to reach/delivers
prāpayate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु) (णिच् causative)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); causative sense
pitṝnthe ancestors/fathers
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
evamthus
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha-dyotaka (सम्बन्ध-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
a-viphalamnot fruitless
a-viphalam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + viphala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘śrāddham’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
śrāddhamśrāddha (rite/offering)
śrāddham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
śraddhā-dattamgiven with faith
śraddhā-dattam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + datta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘śrāddham’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha-dyotaka (सम्बन्ध-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adversative/emphatic particle (निपात)
mantrataḥby means of mantra / according to mantra
mantrataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), ablatival adverb (तसिलन्त) meaning ‘from/according to mantra’