Shloka 28

Genealogy of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Procedure of Śrāddha

Devanagari script

इमावुत्पाद्य तनयौ क्षेत्रजौ तस्य धीमतः । प्रौष्ठपद्यष्टकाभूयः पितृलोके भविष्यसि

Transliteration

imāvutpādya tanayau kṣetrajau tasya dhīmataḥ | prauṣṭhapadyaṣṭakābhūyaḥ pitṛloke bhaviṣyasi

Translation

ครั้นให้กำเนิดโอรสทั้งสองนี้ด้วยพิธีเขษตระ (kṣetra) เพื่อมหาบัณฑิตผู้นั้นแล้ว เจ้าจักกลับเป็นอัษฏกาแห่งปรोषฐปทา และจักพำนักในปิตฤโลก แดนบรรพชน

Word by Word

• imau: these two
• imau: Karma (Object/ )
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam ( )
• Form: , (1st/ ), (Nominative Dual); (demonstrative pronoun)

• utp1dya: having produced
• utp1dya: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + 63pad ( + )
• Form: (absolutive/gerund, ); 63pad- with prefix ut-; meaning "having produced"

• tanayau: two sons
• tanayau: Karma (Object/ )
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanaya ( )
• Form: , (2nd/ ), (Accusative Dual)

• k 63etrajau: k 63etraja (field-born)
• k 63etrajau: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: k 63etraja ( )
• Form: , (2nd/ ), (Accusative Dual); (qualifies tanayau: "born of the field" i.e., by niyoga)

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad ( )
• Form: , (6th/ ), (Genitive Singular); (pronoun)

• dh
  2bmata 25: of the wise one
• dh
  2bmata 25: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dh
  2bmat ( )
• Form: , (6th/ ), (Genitive Singular); (qualifies tasya)

• prau 63 6dhapadya-a 63 6daka-1bh
  6bya 25: again as A 63 6dak1 in Prau 63 6dhapada
• prau 63 6dhapadya-a 63 6daka-1bh
  6bya 25: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prau 63 6dhapadya + a 63 6daka + 1bh
  6bya ( + + )
• Form: (indeclinable adverbial compound); 1bh
  6bya ( ) = "again, having become"; whole: "having again become (the) A 63 6dak1 in (month) Prau 63 6dhapada"

• pit 5bloke: in the world of the ancestors
• pit 5bloke: Adhikarana (Location/ )
• Type: Noun
• Root: pit 5bloka ( )
• Form: , (7th/ ), (Locative Singular); - ("world of the Pit 5bs")

• bhavi 63yasi: you will be
• bhavi 63yasi: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bh
  6b ( )
• Form: (Lu 6d-lak1ra/Future), (2nd/ ), (Singular); parasmaipada

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent narrator/speaker in Adhyaya 9)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: im1vutp1dya 47 imau + utp1dya; prau636dhapadya636dak1bh
6bya25 47 prau636dhapadya + a636daka + 1bh
6bya25 (visarga per pada); other words are straightforward.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is meant by ‘kṣetraja’ in this verse?

Kṣetraja refers to a son conceived through an appointed arrangement (kṣetra), traditionally when procreation is sanctioned for continuing a lineage—distinct from an ordinary biological begetting by the husband.

What does the verse indicate about the Aṣṭakā associated with Prōṣṭhapadā?

It links a specific Aṣṭakā observance (a rite connected with ancestral offerings) to the time called Prōṣṭhapadā, implying ritual merit and a connection to the Pitṛs through prescribed timing and practice.

What ethical or dharmic lesson is implied here?

The verse underscores continuity of lineage and duty toward ancestors: producing heirs (within dharmic norms described as kṣetraja) and honoring the Pitṛs through rites are presented as actions that lead to ancestral realms and religious merit.