Shloka 74

Śrāddha-vidhi for Pitṛs: Invitations, Purity, Offerings, and Conduct

Devanagari script

विसृज्य ब्राह्मणांस्तान् वै दैवपूर्वं तु वाग्यतः / दक्षिणां दिशमाकाङ् क्षन्याचेतेमान् वरान् पितॄन्

Transliteration

visṛjya brāhmaṇāṃstān vai daivapūrvaṃ tu vāgyataḥ / dakṣiṇāṃ diśamākāṅ kṣanyācetemān varān pitṝn

Translation

ครั้นส่งพราหมณ์เหล่านั้นไปโดยชอบแล้ว โดยให้วาจามุ่งถึงเหล่าเทวะเป็นเบื้องต้น จากนั้นจึงหันความปรารถนาไปยังทิศใต้ และวอนขอแก่ปิตฤผู้ประเสริฐเหล่านี้

Word by Word

• विसृज्य: having dismissed
• विसृज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having dismissed’

• ब्राह्मणान्: the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphasis particle

• दैवपूर्वम्: beginning with the daiva (rite)
• दैवपूर्वम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (दैवम् पूर्वम् = ‘first the daiva’); Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular used adverbially

• तु: but/then
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; contrast particle

• वाक्-यतः: with controlled speech
• वाक्-यतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + यतः (अव्यय/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; ‘with speech restrained’ (वाचः यतः = controlled in speech)

• दक्षिणाम्: southern
• दक्षिणाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; qualifies ‘दिशम्’

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• आकाङ्क्षन्: desiring/looking toward
• आकाङ्क्षन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-काṅ्क्ष् (धातु) → आकाङ्क्षन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘desiring/looking towards’

• याचेत: should request
• याचेत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• इमान्: these
• इमान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; demonstrative

• वरान्: excellent
• वरान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; qualifies ‘पितॄन्’

• पितॄन्: the Fathers/ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; irregular stem पितृ

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrating to the sages), within a Śrāddha/Pitṛ-yajña instruction context

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Devas
• Pitṛs

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it situates dharma as disciplined action—speech restrained and rites performed in order—by which the mind is purified, preparing one for higher knowledge of the Self taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

A form of karmayoga-discipline: vāgyama (restraint and correctness of speech/mantra) and orderly ritual attention (first Devas, then Pitṛs), which cultivates steadiness (niyama-like restraint) before deeper yoga is undertaken.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Not explicitly in this verse; it reflects the Purana’s integrative dharma-frame where correct yajña and ancestral rites support the broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis by grounding spiritual life in shared Vedic order.