Shloka 38
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
Devanagari script
देवा ऊचु प्रतीपया जिह्दयापि सर्वाहारं करिष्यथ | वाचं चोच्चारयिष्यध्वमुच्चैरव्यज्जिताक्षराम्
Translation
देव म्हणाले—हे हत्तीहो! तुम्ही उलट्या जिभेनेही सर्व प्रकारचे अन्न ग्रहण करू शकाल आणि मोठ्या स्वरात वाणीही उच्चाराल; पण त्यातून कोणतेही अक्षर स्पष्ट प्रकट होणार नाही।
Word by Word
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Plural
प्रतीपयाwith (your) reversed (tongue)
प्रतीपया:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीप
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
जिह्वयाwith the tongue
जिह्वया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सर्वाहारम्all kinds of food/intake
सर्वाहारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वाहार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
करिष्यथyou (pl.) will do/perform
करिष्यथ:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormSimple Future (Lृट्), Second, Plural
वाचम्speech/voice
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उच्चारयिष्यथyou (pl.) will utter/pronounce
उच्चारयिष्यथ:
TypeVerb
Rootउच्चारय् (उद्+चर्, णिच्)
FormSimple Future (Lृट्), Second, Plural
ध्वम्(2nd pl. verbal ending marker) you (pl.)
ध्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयुष्मद् (enclitic ending -ध्वम्)
उच्चैःaloud, loudly
उच्चैः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउच्चैः
अव्यञ्जिताक्षराम्having unmanifest/indistinct syllables
अव्यञ्जिताक्षराम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यञ्जिताक्षर
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes