Shloka 4
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
देवास्छैतान्यजन्ते वै सर्वज्ञानेष्ववस्थितान् / आश्रमश्च यजन्त्येनांश्चत्वारस्तु यथाक्रमम्
Transliteration
devāschaitānyajante vai sarvajñāneṣvavasthitān / āśramaśca yajantyenāṃścatvārastu yathākramam
Translation
دیوتا بھی اِن پِتروں کی یَجنا کرتے ہیں جو ہر طرح کے گیان میں قائم ہیں؛ اور چاروں آشرم بھی ترتیب وار اِن کی پوجا کرتے ہیں۔
Word by Word
devāḥthe gods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
etānthese
etān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; pronoun
yajanteworship
yajante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; ātmanepada
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
sarva-jñāneṣuin all knowledges/branches of knowledge
sarva-jñāneṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva-jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th), Plural; compound: sarva + jñāna
avasthitānsituated/established
avasthitān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootava-√sthā (धातु)
FormPast participle (क्त; avasthita); Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; qualifies etān
āśramaḥthe āśrama(s)
āśramaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; collective sense ‘āśrama-system/āśramas’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
yajantiworship
yajanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; parasmaipada
enānthem
enān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; pronoun (enad-series)
catvāraḥfour
catvāraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatvāri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; numeral; (āśramāḥ understood)
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
yathā-kramamin due order
yathā-kramam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā-krama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva used adverbially; accusative singular form functioning as avyaya