Shloka 6

Śrāddha-pravṛtti-kathana and Varjya-dravya-nirdeśa

Origin and Prohibitions in Śrāddha

Devanagari script

गाथाश्षचाप्यत्र गायन्ति पितृगीता युधिष्ठिर । सनत्कुमारो भगवान्‌ पुरा मय्यभ्यभाषत

Transliteration

gāthāś cāpy atra gāyanti pitṛ-gītā yudhiṣṭhira | sanatkumāro bhagavān purā mayy abhyabhāṣata ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Здесь, о Юдхиштхира, мудрые также поют древнюю гатху — стих, воспетый самими Питрами, предками-отцами. В давние времена почтенный Санат-кумара произнёс мне эту самую гатху.»

Word by Word

• गाथाः: verses, songs (gāthās)
• गाथाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• गायन्ति: they sing
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (गायति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पितृगीताः: sung by the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृगीता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सनत्कुमारः: Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the venerable, the blessed lord
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, in olden times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• मयि: to me / in my presence (on me)
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke to, addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (भाषते)
• Form: Imperfect (Past), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sanatkumāra
• Pitṛs