Shloka 20

Śrāddha Vidhi (Pārvaṇa-Śrāddha): Invitations, Arghya, Protective Rites, Piṇḍa Offering, Dakṣiṇā, and Visarjana

Devanagari script

यथासुखं वाग्यता जुषध्वम् इति ब्रूयात् / बुक्तवत्सु सप्तव्याधादिकं पितृस्तोत्रं जपेत् / तच्च-सप्तव्याधा दशार्णेषु मृगाः कालञ्जरे गिरौ / चक्रवाकाः शराद्वीपे हंसाः सरसि मानसे

Transliteration

yathāsukhaṃ vāgyatā juṣadhvam iti brūyāt / buktavatsu saptavyādhādikaṃ pitṛstotraṃ japet / tacca-saptavyādhā daśārṇeṣu mṛgāḥ kālañjare girau / cakravākāḥ śarādvīpe haṃsāḥ sarasi mānase

Translation

کہے—“جیسے تمہیں سہولت ہو، ویسے ہی آرام سے رہو اور گفتار کی آزادی سے لطف اٹھاؤ۔” مہمانوں کے کھا لینے کے بعد ‘سَپت وِیادھ’ سے شروع ہونے والا پِتروں کا ستوتر جپے۔ اس میں آیا ہے: “دَشارṇ دیس میں سات شکاری؛ کالنجر پہاڑ پر ہرن؛ شرَدویپ میں چکروَاک پرندے؛ اور مانس سرور میں ہنس۔”

Word by Word

• yathā-sukham: comfortably; at ease
• yathā-sukham: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial: 'as is pleasant')

• vāk-yatā: restraint of speech
• vāk-yatā: Karta (Subject/Instructional topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + yatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वाचः यता)

• juṣadhvam: practice; observe
• juṣadhvam: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: juṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपातः

• brūyāt: one should say
• brūyāt: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhuktavatsu: when they have eaten; among those who have eaten
• bhuktavatsu: Adhikarana (Locative context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhukta-vat (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त (having eaten)

• sapta-vyādha-ādikam: beginning with (the story of) the seven hunters
• sapta-vyādha-ādikam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या) + vyādha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + -ka (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समाहार/निर्देशार्थ तत्पुरुष (सप्तव्याधादि)

• pitṛ-stotram: hymn to the ancestors
• pitṛ-stotram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां स्तोत्रम्)

• japet: should recite
• japet: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (Anaphoric)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपातः (conjunction)

• sapta-vyādhāḥ: the seven hunters
• sapta-vyādhāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या) + vyādha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (सप्तसंख्यकाः व्याधाः)

• daśārṇeṣu: in Daśārṇa lands
• daśārṇeṣu: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśārṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (place-name)

• mṛgāḥ: deer
• mṛgāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• kālañjare: on Kālañjara
• kālañjare: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālañjara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (place-name)

• girau: on the mountain
• girau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• cakravākāḥ: cakravāka birds
• cakravākāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakravāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śarādvīpe: in Śarādvīpa
• śarādvīpe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarādvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (place-name)

• haṃsāḥ: swans
• haṃsāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarasi: in the lake
• sarasi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• mānase: at Mānasa (lake)
• mānase: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (place-name), सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Viṣṇu (in discourse to Garuḍa/Vinatā-putra, instructing ritual procedure)

Shraddha Ritual

Ritual Type: Parvana

Beneficiary: Pitr

Timing: post-bhojana (after guests have eaten)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Śrāddha is completed not only by feeding but by respectful closure and stotra-recitation that links guests/pitṛs to sacred narrative memory.

Vedantic Theme: Smṛti as a purifier: remembrance (anusmaraṇa) stabilizes dharma and sanctifies action.

Application: After hospitality, formally release guests with kind words; include a brief hymn/recitation to seal the rite and keep ancestral remembrance alive.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: regions/mountain/island/lake

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Śrāddha-kalpa: post-bhojana procedures and pitṛ-stotra recitation (contextual)

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Sapta-vyādha (seven hunters)
• Daśārṇa
• Kālañjara
• Cakravāka birds
• Śaradvīpa
• Haṁsa (swans)
• Mānasa/Mānasarovar

FAQs

What is the importance of reciting the Pitṛ-stotra after a meal in the Garuḍa Purāṇa?

This verse places Pitṛ-recitation immediately after feeding others, indicating that hospitality and satisfaction of guests is followed by remembrance and propitiation of the ancestors through a prescribed hymn.

How does this verse connect daily conduct with ancestral rites?

It links etiquette—granting guests comfort and free speech—with a structured ritual step: once the meal is completed, the practitioner transitions into Pitṛ-focused japa, integrating social dharma with śrāddha-oriented remembrance.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

After feeding family/guests (or offering food in remembrance), speak kindly and allow ease, then recite a brief Pitṛ-prayer or stotra with intention—making gratitude and ancestral remembrance part of everyday discipline.