Anushanga Pada Adhyaya 17 Shloka 7 - Brahmanda Purana | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Shloka 7

Aṣṭakā-Śrāddha Vidhi and Dāna-Praśaṃsā

Observances in the Dark Fortnight and Praise of Giving

Devanagari script

सर्वेषु पुरुषा यान्ति निपातमिव धेनवः / मासांते प्रतिगच्छेयुरष्टकासु ह्यपूजिताः

Transliteration

sarveṣu puruṣā yānti nipātamiva dhenavaḥ / māsāṃte pratigaccheyuraṣṭakāsu hyapūjitāḥ

Translation

सर्वेषु पुरुषेषु धेनव इव निपातं यान्ति; मासान्तेऽष्टकासु अपूजिताः पुनः प्रतिगच्छेयुः।

Word by Word

सर्वेषुin all (persons/places)

पुरुषाःmen, persons

यान्तिgo

निपातम्a fall, downfall

इवlike, as

धेनवःcows

मास-अन्तेat the end of the month

प्रतिगच्छेयुःwould return, should go back

अष्टकासुon the Aṣṭakā days/rites

हिindeed, for

अपूजिताःunworshipped, not honored