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Shloka 105

Adhyaya 34Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

तर्जन्यङ्गुष्ठयोरन्तः पैत्र्यं तीर्थमुदाहृतम् । पितॄणां तेन तोयादि दद्याद् नान्दीमुखादृते ॥

tarjanyaṅguṣṭhayorantaḥ paitryaṃ tīrthamudāhṛtam | pitṝṇāṃ tena toyādi dadyānnāndīmukhādṛte ||

ช่องว่างระหว่างนิ้วชี้กับนิ้วหัวแม่มือประกาศว่าเป็น “ไพตฤยะ-ตีรถะ” ด้วยสิ่งนั้นพึงถวายสายน้ำเป็นต้นแด่ปิตฤทั้งหลาย—เว้นแต่ในพิธีนานทิมุขะ

तर्जनी-अङ्गुष्ठयोःof the index finger and thumb
तर्जनी-अङ्गुष्ठयोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतर्जनी (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्वसमास; पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (Genitive), द्विवचन; ‘of the index finger and thumb’
अन्तःin between/inside
अन्तः:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (inside/between)
पैत्र्यम्ancestral (pertaining to Pitṛs)
पैत्र्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपैत्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of tīrtha)
तीर्थम्tīrtha (hand-position)
तीर्थम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
उदाहृतम्is declared
उदाहृतम्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्+आ+हृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (is declared)
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors (Pitṛs)
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन
तेनwith that
तेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by/with that (tīrtha)’
तोय-आदिwater and the like
तोय-आदि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतोय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘water etc.’ (ādi as ‘and the like’)
दद्यात्should offer/give
दद्यात्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
नान्दीमुखात्from/except in the nāndīmukha (rite/context)
नान्दीमुखात्:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootनान्दीमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (usage), पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; अपवाद-निर्देश (as exception locus)
ऋतेexcept
ऋते:
Apavāda (अपवाद/वर्जन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वर्जनार्थक (except/without), पञ्चमीयोग्य
Not specified in the provided excerpt (instructional narrative voice)

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Pitṛs (ancestors)
ŚrāddhaPitṛ-tarpaṇaRitual exceptionsDharma

FAQs

Ancestral rites have their own protocol and even exceptions; dharma is context-sensitive, distinguishing ordinary Pitṛ offerings from special auspicious forms like Nāndīmukha.

Ācāra/Dharma instruction; ancillary to vaṃśa consciousness but not genealogical narration.

The liminal space between thumb (agency) and index (direction/indication) becomes the channel for lineage—suggesting that personal action is continuously ‘pointed’ and shaped by ancestral continuity.