Shloka 53
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
अन्नाद्भूतानि जायन्ते जीवन्ति प्रभवन्ति च / जीवदानात्परं दानं नान्यत्किञ्चन विद्यते
Transliteration
annādbhūtāni jāyante jīvanti prabhavanti ca / jīvadānātparaṃ dānaṃ nānyatkiñcana vidyate
Translation
اَنّ ہی سے جاندار پیدا ہوتے، جیتے اور بڑھتے ہیں؛ جان بخشنے (جیو دان) سے بڑھ کر کوئی دان نہیں۔
Word by Word
annātfrom food
annāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūtānibeings
bhūtāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
jāyanteare born
jāyante:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
jīvantilive
jīvanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jīv (जीव् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
prabhavantiarise/come forth
prabhavanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra- + √bhū (भू धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
jīva-dānātthan life-giving
jīva-dānāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjīva (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘than the giving of life’
paramsuperior
param:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण (qualifies dānam)
dānama gift
dānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
anyatanything else
anyat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively
kiñcanaanything whatsoever
kiñcana:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite pronoun (किञ्चन)
vidyateexists
vidyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (विद् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)