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Shloka 16

अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः

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

जिसके घर किसीकी मृत्यु हुई हो, उसके यहाँ मरणाशौचके तीसरे दिन अन्न ग्रहण करनेवाला ब्राह्मण बारह दिनोंतक त्रिकाल स्नान करनेसे शुद्ध होता है ।।

dvādaśāhe vyatīte tu kṛtaśauco viśeṣataḥ | brāhmaṇebhyo havir dattvā mucyate tena pāpmanā ||

పన్నెండు రోజులు గడిచిన తరువాత, శౌచక్రియలను పూర్తిచేసి అతడు విశేషంగా పవిత్రుడవుతాడు. ఆపై బ్రాహ్మణులకు హవిస్ సమర్పిస్తే, ఆ పాపకలుషం నుండి విముక్తి పొందుతాడు.

द्वादशाहेwhen twelve days (have passed); on the twelfth-day period
द्वादशाहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्वादशाह
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
व्यतीतेhaving elapsed / after (it) has passed
व्यतीते:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootवि+अत् (व्येति)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तुbut / indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कृतशौचःone who has performed purification (shauca)
कृतशौचः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत-शौच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विशेषतःespecially / in particular
विशेषतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः
ब्राह्मणेभ्यःto the Brahmins
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Dative, Plural
हविःoblation / sacrificial food
हविः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दत्त्वाhaving given
दत्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदा (ददाति)
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
मुच्यतेis freed / is released
मुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive (Ātmanepada-form)
तेनby that / thereby
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पाप्मनाby/with sin; from the sinful taint
पाप्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपाप्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Brāhmaṇas
H
havis (ritual offering)

Educational Q&A

After completing the prescribed twelve-day purification connected with death-impurity, one should finalize purification and give a sanctified offering (havis) to Brahmins; this completes the expiatory process and removes the remaining taint.

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he outlines the concluding step after a twelve-day observance: special purification and a ritualized gift/feeding of Brahmins with havis, by which the person becomes free from the impurity-associated fault.