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Shloka 13

अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः

The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī

रक्षांसि चापवर्तन्ते स्थिते देवे हुताशने । पूर्व पिण्डं पितुर्दद्यात्‌ ततो दद्यात्‌ पितामहे,अग्निदेवके विराजमान रहनेपर राक्षस वहाँसे भाग जाते हैं। सबसे पहले पिताको पिण्ड देना चाहिये, फिर पितामहको

rakṣāṃsi cāpavartante sthite deve hutāśane | pūrvaṃ piṇḍaṃ pitur dadyāt tato dadyāt pitāmahe ||

దివ్యమైన హుతాశనుడు స్థాపితమై జ్వలిస్తుంటే రాక్షసులు అక్కడి నుంచి తొలగిపోతారు. పిండదానంలో ముందుగా తండ్రికి పిండం ఇవ్వాలి; తరువాత పితామహునికి ఇవ్వాలి.

रक्षांसिdemons, rakshasas
रक्षांसि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपवर्तन्तेturn away, withdraw, go away
अपवर्तन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootअप-√वृत्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
स्थितेwhen (he) is present/standing
स्थिते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थित
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
देवेin/when the god
देवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हुताशनेin/when Agni (the fire), 'eater of oblations'
हुताशने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहुताशन
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पूर्वम्first, beforehand
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वम्
पिण्डम्funeral rice-ball (pinda)
पिण्डम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्ड
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पितुःof/for the father
पितुः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
TypeVerb
Root√दा
FormPresent, Optative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
TypeVerb
Root√दा
FormPresent, Optative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
पितामहेto/for the grandfather
पितामहे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
A
Agni (Hutāśana)
R
Rakṣasas (rakṣāṃsi)
F
Father (pitṛ)
G
Grandfather (pitāmaha)
P
Piṇḍa (funeral offering)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches correct ritual order and dharmic propriety in ancestral offerings: establish Agni properly to remove obstructive forces, and offer piṇḍa first to the father, then to the grandfather, honoring hierarchy and sequence in pitṛ-dharma.

Bhishma is instructing on śrāddha-related conduct. He states that when the Fire-deity is present and the rite is properly set, harmful beings retreat, and he prescribes the sequence of offering piṇḍas—first to the father and then to the grandfather.