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Shloka 15

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

ततस्तं दर्भविन्यासं भित्त्वा सुरुचिरांगद: । प्रलम्बाभरणो बाहुरुदतिष्ठद्‌ विशाम्पते

tatastaṃ darbha-vinyāsaṃ bhittvā surucirāṅgadaḥ | pralambābharaṇo bāhur udatiṣṭhad viśāmpate ||

ข้าแต่เจ้าแห่งปวงชน! ในขณะนั้นเอง แขนข้างหนึ่งก็ผุดขึ้นมา ทะลวงผ่านการจัดวางหญ้าดรภะที่ปูไว้เพื่อพิธีปิณฑะ แขนนั้นงดงามนัก ประดับด้วยกำไลต้นแขนอันวิจิตร และเครื่องประดับยาวห้อยระย้า

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
Formindeclinable (ablatival adverb)
तम्that (him/it)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
दर्भ-विन्यासम्the arrangement/spreading of darbha grass
दर्भ-विन्यासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदर्भविन्यास
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
भित्त्वाhaving broken through
भित्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा), having split/broken
सुरुचिर-अङ्गदःone whose armlet is very beautiful
सुरुचिर-अङ्गदः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुरुचिराङ्गद
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्रलम्ब-आभरणःone bearing hanging/pendant ornaments
प्रलम्ब-आभरणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रलम्बाभरण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
बाहुःarm
बाहुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
उदतिष्ठत्arose, stood up
उदतिष्ठत्:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था
Formimperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada
विशाम्of the people/subjects
विशाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootविश्
Formfeminine, genitive, plural
पतेO lord
पते:
TypeNoun
Rootपति
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
प्रजानाथO lord of creatures/subjects
प्रजानाथ:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजानाथ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma (speaker)
D
darbha grass (ritual object)
D
darbha arrangement for piṇḍa-dāna (implied by context)
A
an ornamented arm (bāhuḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the sanctity and potency of dharmic rites: ritual space (here, darbha laid for offerings) is not merely symbolic but a charged setting where extraordinary signs may manifest, reinforcing reverence for prescribed ancestral and sacrificial duties.

During preparations involving darbha grass laid out for a rite (contextually connected with piṇḍa-dāna), something wondrous occurs: an arm, richly ornamented with armlets and hanging jewelry, breaks through the darbha arrangement and rises up, as Bhishma narrates to the addressed king.