Shloka 38
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
Devanagari script
देवा ऊचु प्रतीपया जिह्दयापि सर्वाहारं करिष्यथ | वाचं चोच्चारयिष्यध्वमुच्चैरव्यज्जिताक्षराम्
Translation
دیوتاؤں نے کہا—اے ہاتھیو! تم اپنی الٹی (پرَتیپ) زبان سے بھی ہر طرح کی غذا کھا سکو گے اور بلند آواز میں بول بھی سکو گے؛ مگر اس سے کسی حرف کی واضح ادائیگی نہ ہوگی۔
Word by Word
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Plural
प्रतीपयाwith (your) reversed (tongue)
प्रतीपया:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीप
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
जिह्वयाwith the tongue
जिह्वया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सर्वाहारम्all kinds of food/intake
सर्वाहारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वाहार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
करिष्यथyou (pl.) will do/perform
करिष्यथ:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormSimple Future (Lृट्), Second, Plural
वाचम्speech/voice
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उच्चारयिष्यथyou (pl.) will utter/pronounce
उच्चारयिष्यथ:
TypeVerb
Rootउच्चारय् (उद्+चर्, णिच्)
FormSimple Future (Lृट्), Second, Plural
ध्वम्(2nd pl. verbal ending marker) you (pl.)
ध्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयुष्मद् (enclitic ending -ध्वम्)
उच्चैःaloud, loudly
उच्चैः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउच्चैः
अव्यञ्जिताक्षराम्having unmanifest/indistinct syllables
अव्यञ्जिताक्षराम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यञ्जिताक्षर
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes