Shloka 52

महादेव्याः आविर्भाव-रूपान्तर-विहारवर्णनम्

Manifestation, Forms, and Divine Play of the Mahādevī

Devanagari script

नात्मार्थे पाचयेदन्न नात्मार्थे पाचयेत्पशून् / देवार्थे ब्राह्मणार्थे वा पचमानो न लिप्यते

Transliteration

nātmārthe pācayedanna nātmārthe pācayetpaśūn / devārthe brāhmaṇārthe vā pacamāno na lipyate

Translation

Não se cozinhe alimento para si, nem se cozinhem animais para si; mas quem cozinha pela causa dos devas ou pelo bem dos brāhmaṇas não se mancha de pecado.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• ātma-arthe: for oneself
• ātma-arthe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular — ‘for one’s own purpose’

• pācayet: should cook
• pācayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pac (पच् धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिजन्त), Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; parasmaipada — ‘should cause to be cooked/should cook’

• annam: food
• annam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• ātma-arthe: for oneself
• ātma-arthe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• pācayet: should cook
• pācayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pac (पच् धातु)
• Form: Causative, Optative, 3rd Person, Singular

• paśūn: animals
• paśūn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• deva-arthe: for the gods’ sake
• deva-arthe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular — purpose-locative

• brāhmaṇa-arthe: for Brahmins’ sake
• brāhmaṇa-arthe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular — purpose-locative

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्प) — ‘or’

• pacamānaḥ: (one) cooking
• pacamānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pac (पच् धातु; शानच्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Present middle participle (शानच्), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular — ‘one who is cooking’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• lipyate: is tainted
• lipyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lip (लिप् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person, Singular; ātmanepada/passive sense — ‘is tainted/gets smeared’