Shloka 14

Strī-dharma: Śiva’s Inquiry, Umā’s Consultation, and Gaṅgā’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तिलोदकं सदा श्राद्धे मन्यन्ते पितरो$क्षयम्‌ । दीपे च कृसरे चैव तुष्यन्तेडस्थ पितामहा:

Transliteration

tilodakaṃ sadā śrāddhe manyante pitaro 'kṣayam | dīpe ca kṛsare caiva tuṣyante 'sya pitāmahāḥ ||

Translation

پِتر شِرادھ میں تل ملا پانی دان کرنا ہمیشہ اَکشَی (لازوال) مانتے ہیں؛ اور چراغ کے دان اور کِرسَر (کھچڑی) کے دان سے ہمارے پِتامہ خوش ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• तिलोदकम्: sesame-water (water with sesame)
• तिलोदकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल + उदक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• श्राद्धे: in the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मन्यन्ते: they consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• पितरः: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अक्षयम्: imperishable; inexhaustible (merit)
• अक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दीपे: in/with a lamp (lamp-offering)
• दीपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृसरे: in/with kṛsara (a rice/khichdi offering)
• कृसरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृसर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तुष्यन्ते: they are pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (तुष्यति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• पितामहाः: grandfathers; forefathers
• पितामहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (pitaroḥ)
• pitāmahāḥ (grandfathers/forefathers)
• tilodaka (sesame-water offering)
• śrāddha
• dīpa (lamp)
• kṛsara (food offering)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That modest but meaningful gifts in śrāddha—sesame-water, a lamp, and nourishing food—are considered to yield imperishable merit and effectively honor and satisfy one’s ancestors.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker states a rule of ancestral ritual: the Pitṛs deem tilodaka offered at śrāddha to be akṣaya in result, and they are pleased when the descendant offers dīpa-dāna and kṛsara-dāna as part of the rite.