Shloka 110

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

शेषा: प्रजानां पतय: स्रोतोभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे । ऋषयो रोमकूपेभ्य: स्वेदाच्छन्दो बलान्मन:

Transliteration

śeṣāḥ prajānāṁ patayaḥ srotobhyaḥ tasya jajñire | ṛṣayo romakūpebhyaḥ svedāc chando balān manaḥ ||

Translation

บรรดาเจ้าแห่งหมู่ประชาที่ยังเหลือ บังเกิดจากสายน้ำทางกายของท่าน (กระแสแห่งอินทรีย์) จากรูขุมขนเกิดเหล่าฤๅษี จากเหงื่อเกิดฉันทลักษณ์แห่งพระเวท และจากพลัง/วีรยะของท่านเกิดมโน

Word by Word

• शेषाः: the remaining (others)
• शेषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रजानाम्: of the creatures/subjects
• प्रजानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पतयः: lords, masters
• पतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्रोतोभ्यः: from the channels/streams (sense-channels)
• स्रोतोभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रोतस्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/of that (Prajāpati)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जज्ञिरे: were born/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रोमकूपेभ्यः: from the hair-pores
• रोमकूपेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमकूप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• स्वेदात्: from sweat
• स्वेदात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• छन्दः: the Vedic meters/Chandas
• छन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बलात्: from strength/vigor
• बलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• ṛṣayaḥ (seers)
• chandaḥ (Vedic metres)
• manaḥ (mind)
• prajā-pati-like lords of creatures (patayaḥ prajānām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That the constituents of spiritual authority—sages (ṛṣis), sacred metres (chandas), and mind (manas)—are portrayed as arising from the cosmic source, underscoring their sanctity and the ethical duty to align thought and speech with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is describing a cosmogonic genealogy: various classes of beings and principles are said to originate from different aspects of a primordial being—channels, hair-pores, sweat, and vital potency—mapping the world’s order onto the body of the cosmic source.