Shloka 39
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
नीलपंडविमोक्षेण त्वमावास्या तिलोदकैः । वर्षासु दीपदानेन पितॄणामनृणो भवेत्
nīlapaṃḍavimokṣeṇa tvamāvāsyā tilodakaiḥ | varṣāsu dīpadānena pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet
‘نیلپنڈ-وِموکش’ کی رسم ادا کرکے، اماوسیہ کے دن تل والا پانی نذر کرکے، اور برسات کے موسم میں دیپ دان (چراغ دان) کرکے، انسان پِتروں کے قرض سے بری ہو جاتا ہے۔
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Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तिलोदकैः → तिल-उदकैः; पितॄणामनृणो → पितॄणाम् + अनृणः.
FAQs
It frames specific observances—sesame-water offerings on Amāvāsyā and lamp-giving in the rainy season—as ways to discharge pitṛ-ṛṇa, the traditional obligation owed to one’s ancestors.
Amāvāsyā is widely treated in Dharma literature as a potent time for Pitṛ-related rites; the verse highlights tilodaka as an appropriate libation for ancestral satisfaction and merit.
It emphasizes gratitude and responsibility: honoring one’s lineage through prescribed acts of giving and remembrance is presented as a concrete ethical and spiritual duty.