Shloka 7

पात्रलक्षण-परिक्षा (Pātra-Lakṣaṇa Parīkṣā) — Criteria for a Worthy Recipient

Devanagari script

न तस्याश्रन्ति पितरो यस्य विप्रा न भुज्जते

Transliteration

na tasyāśranti pitaro yasya viprā na bhujjate

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Предки не обретают удовлетворения у того человека, в чьём доме не кормят брахманов».

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तस्य: of him/its
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• आश्रन्ति: rest/are satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रम्
• Form: lat, present, parasmaipada, 3rd, plural

• पितरः: the ancestors (manes)
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भुज्जते: eats/is fed (partakes)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: lat, present, atmanepada, 3rd, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• pitaras (ancestors)
• vipras (brāhmaṇas)