Shloka 60
Śrāddha-kalpa: Amarakantaka–Tīrtha-Māhātmya and Akṣaya Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa
Devanagari script
संश्रयित्वैकमेकेन सायाह्नं प्रति नित्यशः / तस्मिन्देयं सदा श्राद्धं पितॄणामक्षयार्थिनाम्
Transliteration
saṃśrayitvaikamekena sāyāhnaṃ prati nityaśaḥ / tasmindeyaṃ sadā śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāmakṣayārthinām
Translation
وہ ایک ایک کا سہارا لے کر روزانہ شام کی سمت جاتے ہیں؛ اس لیے جو پِتروں کے لیے اَکشیہ پھل چاہتے ہیں اُنہیں وہاں ہمیشہ شرادھ دینا چاہیے۔
Word by Word
saṃśrayitvāhaving taken refuge / having resorted
saṃśrayitvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ + √śri (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having resorted to’
ekamone (single)
ekam:
Karma (कर्म/object of saṃśrayitvā)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies an implied ‘place/one (thing)’
ekenaby one (alone)
ekena:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument/agentive means)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by one (person/means)’
sāyāhnamevening
sāyāhnam:
Kāla (काल/time)
TypeNoun
Rootsāyāhna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन) used with prati (towards/at)
pratitowards / at
prati:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय)
FormPreposition/indeclinable (उपसर्गवत् अव्यय) indicating ‘towards/at/each’
nityaśaḥdaily / regularly
nityaśaḥ:
Kāla (काल/frequency)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक) + śas (शस्)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय) with शस्
tasminin that (place)
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
deyamshould be offered
deyam:
Vidhi (विधि/obligation predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (धातु) + ya (प्रत्यय)
FormGerundive/Obligative (भाव्य/कर्तव्य), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular; agrees with ‘śrāddham’
sadāalways
sadā:
Kāla (काल/time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
śrāddhamśrāddha offering
śrāddham:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
pitṝṇāmof the ancestors
pitṝṇām:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/beneficiary)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
akṣayārthināmwho seek the imperishable (benefit)
akṣayārthinām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kṣaya + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘pitṝṇām’; tatpuruṣa ‘seeking imperishability’