Shloka 17

Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure

Sanskrit

एवमाप्यायनं वत्स बहूनामिह बान्धवैः ।

श्राद्धं कुर्वदिभरन्नाम्बुबिन्दुक्षेपेण जायते ॥

Transliteration

evam āpyāyanaṃ vatsa bahūnām iha bāndhavaiḥ / śrāddhaṃ kurvadibharannāmbubindukṣepeṇa jāyate

Translation

Maka, wahai anak yang dikasihi, dengan cara demikian timbullah pemeliharaan bagi ramai kerabat di sini ketika śrāddha sedang dilaksanakan—bahkan hanya melalui menabur makanan dan merenjis titisan air.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• आप्यायनम्: nourishment/sustenance
• आप्यायनम्: कर्म/विधेय (topic: nourishment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-√प्यै/प्या (धातु) → आप्यायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• बहूनाम्: of many
• बहूनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: here/in this world)

• बान्धवैः: by kinsmen/relatives
• बान्धवैः: कर्ता (agent in passive sense of ‘arises due to/through’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: कर्म/विधेय (that which is done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुर्वद्: doing/performing
• कुर्वद्: विशेषण (participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन/बहुवचन-प्रयोगानुसार; here as stem in compound with following participles; ‘doing’

• इभरन्: bearing/carrying (strongly)
• इभरन्: विशेषण (qualifier within compound)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इभ (प्रातिपदिक) + √हृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्राय participial form; intended sense: ‘carrying like an elephant’ (इभ-हरन् = elephant-carrying/strongly carrying)

• अम्बु-बिन्दु-क्षेपेण: by the sprinkling of a drop of water
• अम्बु-बिन्दु-क्षेपेण: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक) + बिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: अम्बोः बिन्दोः क्षेपः = sprinkling/throwing of a drop of water

• जायते: arises/comes about
• जायते: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘arises/comes into being’

Speakers

• Not specified in input

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Śrāddha
• Efficacy of small acts
• Family duty
• Ritual minimalism with maximal reach

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

No act within a sacred duty is ‘too small’: the Purāṇic ethic encourages attentiveness, showing how minute offerings can still generate welfare for many connected beings.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Dharma/Ācāra synthesis statement; it does not directly map to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, but supports the Purāṇic social-religious ecosystem.

What is the esoteric significance?

Drops (bindu) and crumbs signify the subtle: the verse encodes that ‘micro-offerings’ can operate as conduits in the unseen economy of pitṛs, reflecting a worldview where consciousness and substance interpenetrate.