Shloka 39

नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा

Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ दीपा: प्रदातव्या: सायं वै गृहमेधिभि:

Transliteration

tasmād dīpāḥ pradātavyāḥ sāyaṃ vai gṛhamedhibhiḥ

Translation

ฉะนั้น คฤหัสถ์ทั้งหลายพึงถวายประทีปในเวลาเย็นเป็นนิตย์.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• दीपाः: lamps
• दीपाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रदातव्याः: are to be given/should be offered
• प्रदातव्याः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Gerundive (तव्यत्), passive obligation

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम्

• वै: indeed/assuredly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• गृहमेधिभिः: by householders
• गृहमेधिभिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहमेधिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• dīpa (lamp)