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Shloka 15

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

आर्चिष्मन्तो बर्हिषद: कव्यादा: पितरस्तथा । मृतस्याप्यनुमन्यन्ते मन्त्रान्‌ मन्त्राश्ष कारणम्‌

arcīṣmanto barhiṣadaḥ kavyādāḥ pitaras tathā | mṛtasyāpy anumanyante mantrān mantrāś ca kāraṇam ||

کپِل نے کہا—آرچِشمَت، بَرحِشَد اور کاویاد نام کے پِتر بھی مرنے والے کی طرف سے منتر پڑھنے کی اجازت دیتے ہیں؛ کیونکہ منتر ہی دھرم اور مراتبِ نظم کے قائم رہنے کا بنیادی سبب ہیں۔

आर्चिष्मन्तःthe radiant (ones)
आर्चिष्मन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआर्चिष्मत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
बर्हिषदःthe Barhiṣad (class of Pitṛs)
बर्हिषदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिषद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कव्यादाःthe Kavyāda (class of Pitṛs)
कव्यादाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकव्याद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पितरःthe fathers / ancestors (Pitṛs)
पितरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाalso / likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
मृतस्यof the dead (person)
मृतस्य:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अपिeven
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अनुमन्यन्तेthey approve / they permit
अनुमन्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + मन्
FormPresent, Ātmanepada, Third, Plural
मन्त्रान्mantras
मन्त्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
मन्त्राःmantras
मन्त्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कारणम्cause / basis
कारणम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकारण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

कपिल उवाच

K
Kapila
P
Pitṛs (Fathers/ancestors): Arcīṣmantaḥ
P
Pitṛs (Fathers/ancestors): Barhiṣadaḥ
P
Pitṛs (Fathers/ancestors): Kavyādāḥ
M
Mantras

Educational Q&A

That mantras are a fundamental support of dharma and ritual order, and that ancestral beings (Pitṛs) are understood to sanction mantra-recitation performed for the welfare of the deceased.

Kapila is explaining the ritual-ethical framework of ancestral rites: specific classes of Pitṛs—Arcīṣmantaḥ, Barhiṣadaḥ, and Kavyādāḥ—are said to approve the use of mantras even when the intended beneficiary is a dead person, underscoring the legitimacy and efficacy of such rites.