Shloka 15
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
पितॄणमादिसर्गेतु लोकानामक्षयार्थिनाम् / इत्येते पितरश्चैव लोका दुहितरस्तथा
Transliteration
pitṝṇamādisargetu lokānāmakṣayārthinām / ityete pitaraścaiva lokā duhitarastathā
Translation
Na criação primordial, para os Pitṛ e visando a imperishabilidade dos mundos: assim são chamados estes Pitṛ e estes lokas, e também as ‘duhitar’ (filhas).
Word by Word
pitṝṇāmof the ancestors
pitṝṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
ādi-sargein the primordial creation
ādi-sarge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘ādau sargaḥ’/‘ādi-sarga’ = ‘the first creation’
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)
lokānāmof the worlds
lokānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
akṣaya-arthināmof those seeking imperishability
akṣaya-arthinām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootakṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘akṣayam arthayante’ = ‘seeking imperishability’
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम
pitaraḥfathers/ancestors
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle; emphasis ‘indeed/only’)
lokāḥworlds
lokāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
duhitarāḥdaughters
duhitarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootduhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘so/likewise’)