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Shloka 83

Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda

Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity

हृष्टपुष्टमनास्तेषां प्रजा भवति नित्यदा । कुलवंशस्य वृद्धिस्तु पिण्डदस्य फलं भवेत्‌ । श्रद्दधानस्तु यः कुर्यात्‌ पितृणामनृणो भवेत्‌,उनकी प्रजा सदा हृष्ट-पुष्ट मनवाली होती है। कुल और वंश-परम्पराकी वृद्धि श्राद्धका फल है। पिण्डदान करनेवालेको यह फल सुलभ होता है। जो श्रद्धापूर्वक पितरोंका श्राद्ध करता है, वह उनके ऋणसे छुटकारा पा जाता है

hṛṣṭa-puṣṭa-manās teṣāṃ prajā bhavati nityadā | kula-vaṃśasya vṛddhis tu piṇḍa-dasya phalaṃ bhavet | śraddadhānas tu yaḥ kuryāt pitṝṇām anṛṇo bhavet |

Śakra bersabda: “Bagi mereka yang melaksanakan upacara leluhur ini, anak cucu dan rakyat mereka sentiasa gembira, sihat, dan berkecukupan. Pertambahan serta kesinambungan keluarga dan keturunan ialah buah śrāddha; manfaat ini mudah diperoleh oleh pemberi persembahan piṇḍa. Dan sesiapa yang melakukan śrāddha untuk Pitṛ dengan penuh śraddhā (iman) akan bebas daripada hutang yang terhutang kepada mereka.”

हृष्टdelighted, joyful
हृष्ट:
TypeAdjective
Rootहृष्ट
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
पुष्टwell-nourished, thriving
पुष्ट:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्ट
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
मनाःmind, disposition
मनाः:
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
प्रजाoffspring; subjects; progeny
प्रजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formpresent, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
नित्यदाalways
नित्यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्यदा
कुलfamily
कुल:
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
Formneuter, genitive, singular
वंशस्यof the lineage
वंशस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवंश
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
वृद्धिःincrease, growth
वृद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धि
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पिण्डदस्यof the one who offers piṇḍa (funeral rice-ball)
पिण्डदस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्डद
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
भवेत्would be; may be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formoptative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
श्रद्दधानःfaithful; having faith
श्रद्दधानः:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रद्दधान
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तुand/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कुर्यात्should do; would perform
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formoptative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
पितृणाम्of the ancestors
पितृणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
अनृणःfree from debt/obligation
अनृणः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनृण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
भवेत्would become; may become
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formoptative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

शक्र उवाच

Ś
Śakra (Indra)
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
Ś
Śrāddha
P
Piṇḍa (piṇḍadāna)

Educational Q&A

Śrāddha and piṇḍadāna, when done with śraddhā (faith and reverence), are presented as dharmic duties that sustain family well-being and lineage continuity, and they discharge one’s pitṛ-ṛṇa—the moral obligation owed to one’s ancestors.

Śakra (Indra) is explaining the fruits of performing ancestral rites: the prosperity and contentment of one’s people, the growth of family and lineage, and the removal of indebtedness to the Pitṛs through faithful performance of śrāddha and piṇḍa offerings.