Shloka 49

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

कृते च तस्मिन्‌ भविता तवापि सुमहान्‌ गुण:,तब सम्पूर्ण देवता और महर्षि उनसे बोले--“हम तुम्हें एक कार्यमें नियुक्त करेंगे। उसे तुम्हें करना चाहिये। उस कार्यको सम्पन्न कर देनेपर तुम्हें भी बहुत बड़ा लाभ होगा”

Transliteration

kṛte ca tasmin bhavitā tavāpi sumahān guṇaḥ | tataḥ sampūrṇā devatā maharṣayaś ca tam ūcuḥ—“vayaṃ tvāṃ ekasmin kārye niyokṣyāmaḥ | tat tvayā kartavyam | tasya kāryasya sampādanāt tavāpi bahu mahān lābho bhaviṣyati” ||

Translation

“ఆ కార్యము సిద్ధించినపుడు నీకును మహత్తరమైన పుణ్యఫలము కలుగును.”

Word by Word

• कृते: when (it is) done / in the done (state)
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भविता: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Periphrastic Future (लुट्), 3rd, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

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

• सुमहान्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुणः: benefit / merit / good quality
• गुणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Devatāḥ (gods)
• Maharṣayaḥ (great seers)