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Shloka 13

अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः

Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement

न च संध्यामुपासीत न च जाप्य॑ प्रवर्तयेत्‌ । न संकिरेत्‌ तदन्नं च ततः पूर्येत ब्राह्मण:

na ca sandhyām upāsīta na ca jāpyam pravartayet | na saṅkīret tad-annaṃ ca tataḥ pūryeta brāhmaṇaḥ ||

బ్రాహ్మణుడు శ్రాద్ధాన్నం భుజించిన రోజున సంధ్యోపాసన చేయకూడదు, గాయత్రీ మొదలైన జపాన్ని ప్రారంభించకూడదు, మరల భోజనం కూడా చేయకూడదు. ఈ నియమాలను పాటిస్తే అతని శౌచశుద్ధి సమ్యకంగా నిలుస్తుంది.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संध्याम्the twilight worship (sandhyā)
संध्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंध्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
उपासीतshould worship/attend upon
उपासीत:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आस्
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जाप्यम्japa (that which is to be muttered/recited)
जाप्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजाप्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रवर्तयेत्should set in motion/undertake (perform)
प्रवर्तयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√वृत् (प्रवर्तयति)
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Present-system (causative), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संकिरेत्should mix/commingle (i.e., should not mix)
संकिरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√कॄ (संकरोति/संकीरयति) / संकीर्णयति
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ततःthereafter/therefrom
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
पूर्येतshould be purified/should become full (i.e., attain purity)
पूर्येत:
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ (पूरयति/पूर्यते)
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/medio-passive sense
ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
brāhmaṇa
S
sandhyā (twilight worship)
J
japa (mantra-recitation)
Ś
śrāddha (ancestral rite)
A
anna (food offering)

Educational Q&A

A brāhmaṇa who eats the śrāddha meal should observe specific restraints that day—refraining from sandhyā worship, from initiating mantra-japa (e.g., Gāyatrī), and from eating again—so that ritual purity and propriety connected with the śrāddha are preserved.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma is laying down detailed rules of conduct related to śrāddha observances, specifying what a brāhmaṇa participant should avoid on the day he partakes of the śrāddha offering.