Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 120

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

तदनन्तर लोकपितामह लोकगुरु ब्रह्माजीने कहा--“ये सब मेरी ही संतानें हैं; क्योंकि मेरे ही वीर्यकी आहुति दी गयी है; जिससे इनकी उत्पत्ति हुई है ।।

Transliteration

ahaṁ kartā hi satrasya hotā śukrasya caiva ha | yasya bījaṁ phalaṁ tasya śukra cet kāraṇaṁ matam ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, sinabi ni Brahmā, ang guro at pitāmaha ng sanlibutan: “Silang lahat ay aking mga anak; sapagkat ang aking binhi (śukra) ang inihandog, at mula roon sila nagmula. Ako ang tagaganap ng satra na ito, at ako rin ang naghahandog ng alay na binhi. Kanino ang binhi, sa kaniya ang bunga. Kung sa kanilang pagsilang ay ang binhi lamang ang ituturing na pasyang sanhi, kung gayon sila’y tiyak na aking mga anak.”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• कर्ता: doer, performer
• कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सत्रस्य: of the sacrificial session (sattra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• होता: Hotṛ priest, offerer
• होता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शुक्रस्य: of semen
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: just, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• यस्य: whose, of whom/which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• बीजम्: seed
• बीजम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• शुक्रम्: semen
• शुक्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• चेत्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मतम्: considered, held (as)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)