Shloka 38
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
फलगुपात्रेषु कुर्वाणः सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् / परां द्युतिमथार्केतु प्राकाश्यं च विशेषतः
Transliteration
phalagupātreṣu kurvāṇaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt / parāṃ dyutimathārketu prākāśyaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Translation
فَلگُو کے برتنوں میں عمل کرنے والا سب خواہشیں پا لیتا ہے؛ اور اَرك میں اعلیٰ ترین چمک اور خاص نورانیت حاصل ہوتی ہے۔
Word by Word
phalagu-pātreṣuin phalagu vessels
phalagu-pātreṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootphalagu (प्रातिपदिक) + pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; Tatpuruṣa: ‘vessels of phalagu (wood/type)’
kurvāṇaḥperforming (the rite)
kurvāṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु) (शानच्-कृदन्त)
FormPresent active participle (शानच्); Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘doing/performing’
sarvānall
sarvān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; qualifies kāmān
kāmāndesires
kāmān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural
avāpnuyātmay obtain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√āp (धातु)
FormOptative/Benitive (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘may obtain’
parāmsupreme
parām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifies dyutim
dyutimsplendour
dyutim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
athathen/also
atha:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormParticle (अनन्तर/प्रस्ताव-अव्यय) ‘then/also’
arketuin/with arketu
arketu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootarketu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (tree-name; reading per prompt)
prākāśyambrightness/clarity
prākāśyam:
Pratipādya (प्रतिपाद्य)
TypeNoun
Rootprākāśya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
viśeṣataḥespecially
viśeṣataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootviśeṣatas (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (विशेष-अव्यय) ‘especially’