Shloka 7

The Greatness of the Ancestors: Ekoddiṣṭa Śrāddha, Āśauca Rules, and Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa

Devanagari script

तस्मान्निधेयमाकाशे दशरात्रं पयस्तथा । सर्वदाहोपशांत्यर्थमध्वश्रमविनाशनम्

Transliteration

tasmānnidheyamākāśe daśarātraṃ payastathā | sarvadāhopaśāṃtyarthamadhvaśramavināśanam

Translation

ฉะนั้นพึงตั้งน้ำไว้ในที่โปร่งโล่งมีลมพัดตลอดสิบคืน น้ำนี้ช่วยระงับความร้อนแผดเผาทั้งปวง และขจัดความเหนื่อยล้าจากการเดินทาง

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• निधेयम्: to be placed/should be kept
• निधेयम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + धा (धातु) → निधेय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. as predicate), एकवचन (Singular)

• आकाशे: in the open/sky (open place)
• आकाशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दशरात्रम्: for ten nights
• दशरात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); काल-अवधि (duration)

• पयः: water/milk (liquid)
• पयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/particle)

• सर्वदाहोपशान्त्यर्थम्: for the purpose of pacifying all burning
• सर्वदाहोपशान्त्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दाह + उपशान्ति + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वदाहस्य उपशान्तेः अर्थम्’ (for the purpose of pacifying all burning)

• अध्वश्रमविनाशनम्: destroyer of the fatigue of the journey
• अध्वश्रमविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्व + श्रम + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. as predicate/apposition), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘अध्वश्रमस्य विनाशनम्’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual instruction within the Adhyaya; speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मात् + निधेयम् → तस्मान्निधेयम्; निधेयम् + आकाशे → निधेयमाकाशे; सर्वदाह + उपशान्ति + अर्थम् → सर्वदाहोपशान्त्यर्थम्; अर्थम् + अध्व... → अर्थमध्व... (sandhi).

FAQs

What practice is recommended in this verse?

It advises keeping water in an open, airy place (under the sky) for ten nights, implying a preparatory or purificatory handling of water.

What benefits does the verse attribute to this water?

It is said to pacify all forms of “burning” (heat, irritation) and to remove the fatigue caused by travel.

What ethical or practical lesson can be drawn from this instruction?

The verse highlights care for travelers and wellbeing—encouraging simple, accessible means (properly kept water) to relieve exhaustion and discomfort.