Shloka 21
Aśauca-vidhi (Rules of Impurity) within Śrāddha-kalpa — Chapter on Testing/Selecting Brahmanas and Honoring the Atithi
Devanagari script
अक्लिष्ट मव्रणं युक्तं कृशवृत्तिमयाचकम् / एकान्तशीलं धीमन्तं सदा श्राद्धेषु भोजयेत्
Transliteration
akliṣṭa mavraṇaṃ yuktaṃ kṛśavṛttimayācakam / ekāntaśīlaṃ dhīmantaṃ sadā śrāddheṣu bhojayet
Translation
جو بےکلفت، بےزخم، بااعتدال، قلیل گزار، سوال نہ کرنے والا، خلوت پسند اور صاحبِ فہم ہو—اسے ہمیشہ شرادھ میں کھانا کھلانا چاہیے۔
Word by Word
akliṣṭamunafflicted
akliṣṭam:
Karma (कर्म; object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kliṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √kliś ‘क्लिश्’ + नञ्)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘untroubled/undefiled’
avraṇamunwounded/blemishless
avraṇam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + vraṇa)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘without wound/blemish’
yuktamsuitable
yuktam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootyukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √yuj ‘युज्’)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘fit/proper, disciplined’
kṛśa-vṛttimmeagre livelihood
kṛśa-vṛttim:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘meagre + livelihood’ = ‘one of meagre livelihood’ (as qualifier in next compound)
a-yācakamnot a beggar
a-yācakam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-yācaka (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √yāc ‘याच्’ + नञ्)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘non-begging’
ekānta-śīlamof solitary/retired conduct
ekānta-śīlam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootekānta (प्रातिपदिक) + śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘solitude/exclusiveness’ + ‘nature’
dhīmantamwise
dhīmantam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘intelligent’
sadāalways
sadā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb
śrāddheṣuin śrāddha rites
śrāddheṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
bhojayetshould feed
bhojayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhuj (धातु; causative √bhuj→bhojaya)
FormImperative/Optative?—Vidhi: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada; causative meaning ‘should cause to eat/feed’