Shloka 5
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
यज्ञोपवीतं यो दद्याच्छ्राद्धकाले तु यज्ञवित् / पावनं सर्व विप्राणां ब्रह्मदानस्य तत्फलम्
Transliteration
yajñopavītaṃ yo dadyācchrāddhakāle tu yajñavit / pāvanaṃ sarva viprāṇāṃ brahmadānasya tatphalam
Translation
जो यज्ञवित् श्राद्धकाळी यज्ञोपवीत दान करतो, ते सर्व विप्रांना पावन करणारे आहे; हेच ब्रह्मदानाचे फल आहे.
Word by Word
yajña-upavītamsacred thread
yajña-upavītam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña + upavīta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; sacred thread for yajña
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun
dadyātshould give
dadyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (दा धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada
śrāddha-kāleat the śrāddha time
śrāddha-kāle:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular; ‘at the time of śrāddha’
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
yajña-vita knower of sacrifice
yajña-vit:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña + vid (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘knower of yajña/ritual’
pāvanampurifying (thing/result)
pāvanam:
Pradhāna (प्रधान/predicate-noun)
TypeNoun
Rootpāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘purifier/purification’ (predicate)
sarvaof all
sarva:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural expected with viprāṇām; here used as indeclinable-like qualifier; understood as sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्)
viprāṇāmof brāhmaṇas
viprāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
brahma-dānasyaof brahma-gift
brahma-dānasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahma + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular; ‘of the gift of brahma (sacred/vedic gift)’
tat-phalamthat is the result
tat-phalam:
Pradhāna (प्रधान/predicate)
TypeNoun
Roottad + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘that fruit/result’