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Shloka 83

Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda

Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity

हृष्टपुष्टमनास्तेषां प्रजा भवति नित्यदा । कुलवंशस्य वृद्धिस्तु पिण्डदस्य फलं भवेत्‌ । श्रद्दधानस्तु यः कुर्यात्‌ पितृणामनृणो भवेत्‌

hṛṣṭa-puṣṭa-manās teṣāṃ prajā bhavati nityadā | kula-vaṃśasya vṛddhis tu piṇḍa-dasya phalaṃ bhavet | śraddadhānas tu yaḥ kuryāt pitṝṇām anṛṇo bhavet |

شَکر نے کہا—“ان کی رعایا ہمیشہ خوش، تندرست اور مطمئن دل رہتی ہے۔ خاندان اور نسل کی افزائش شرادھ کا پھل ہے؛ پِنڈ دان کرنے والے کو یہ پھل آسانی سے ملتا ہے۔ اور جو ایمان و عقیدت سے پِتروں کا شرادھ کرتا ہے، وہ پِتروں کے قرض سے سبکدوش ہو جاتا ہے۔”

हृष्टdelighted, joyful
हृष्ट:
TypeAdjective
Rootहृष्ट
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
पुष्टwell-nourished, thriving
पुष्ट:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्ट
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
मनाःmind, disposition
मनाः:
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
प्रजाoffspring; subjects; progeny
प्रजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formpresent, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
नित्यदाalways
नित्यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्यदा
कुलfamily
कुल:
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
Formneuter, genitive, singular
वंशस्यof the lineage
वंशस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवंश
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
वृद्धिःincrease, growth
वृद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धि
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पिण्डदस्यof the one who offers piṇḍa (funeral rice-ball)
पिण्डदस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्डद
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
भवेत्would be; may be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formoptative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
श्रद्दधानःfaithful; having faith
श्रद्दधानः:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रद्दधान
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तुand/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कुर्यात्should do; would perform
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formoptative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
पितृणाम्of the ancestors
पितृणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
अनृणःfree from debt/obligation
अनृणः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनृण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
भवेत्would become; may become
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formoptative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

शक्र उवाच

Ś
Śakra (Indra)
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
Ś
Śrāddha
P
Piṇḍa (piṇḍadāna)

Educational Q&A

Śrāddha and piṇḍadāna, when done with śraddhā (faith and reverence), are presented as dharmic duties that sustain family well-being and lineage continuity, and they discharge one’s pitṛ-ṛṇa—the moral obligation owed to one’s ancestors.

Śakra (Indra) is explaining the fruits of performing ancestral rites: the prosperity and contentment of one’s people, the growth of family and lineage, and the removal of indebtedness to the Pitṛs through faithful performance of śrāddha and piṇḍa offerings.