Shloka 14

Strī-dharma: Śiva’s Inquiry, Umā’s Consultation, and Gaṅgā’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तिलोदकं सदा श्राद्धे मन्यन्ते पितरो$क्षयम्‌ । दीपे च कृसरे चैव तुष्यन्तेडस्थ पितामहा:

Transliteration

tilodakaṃ sadā śrāddhe manyante pitaro 'kṣayam | dīpe ca kṛsare caiva tuṣyante 'sya pitāmahāḥ ||

Translation

ปิตฤทั้งหลายถือว่า การถวายน้ำผสมงาในพิธีศราทธะเป็นทานอันให้ผลไม่สิ้นสุด; และด้วยการถวายประทีปกับกฤสร (ข้าวผสมถั่ว) ปิตามหะของเราย่อมยินดี

Word by Word

• तिलोदकम्: sesame-water (water with sesame)
• तिलोदकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल + उदक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• श्राद्धे: in the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मन्यन्ते: they consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• पितरः: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अक्षयम्: imperishable; inexhaustible (merit)
• अक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दीपे: in/with a lamp (lamp-offering)
• दीपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• कृसरे: in/with kṛsara (a rice/khichdi offering)
• कृसरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृसर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तुष्यन्ते: they are pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (तुष्यति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• पितामहाः: grandfathers; forefathers
• पितामहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (pitaroḥ)
• pitāmahāḥ (grandfathers/forefathers)
• tilodaka (sesame-water offering)
• śrāddha
• dīpa (lamp)
• kṛsara (food offering)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That modest but meaningful gifts in śrāddha—sesame-water, a lamp, and nourishing food—are considered to yield imperishable merit and effectively honor and satisfy one’s ancestors.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker states a rule of ancestral ritual: the Pitṛs deem tilodaka offered at śrāddha to be akṣaya in result, and they are pleased when the descendant offers dīpa-dāna and kṛsara-dāna as part of the rite.