Shloka 4
अग्निनिचयः (Agninichaya) / The Accumulation of Sacred Fire & the Classification of Pitṛs by Time-Order
Devanagari script
मध्वादयः षडृतवः पितॄंस्तान्परिचक्षते / ऋतवः पितरो देवा इत्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः
Transliteration
madhvādayaḥ ṣaḍṛtavaḥ pitṝṃstānparicakṣate / ṛtavaḥ pitaro devā ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ
Translation
以“摩度”（Madhū）等为首的六季，正是对那些祖灵（Pitṛ）的称谓。“季节即祖灵，祖灵即诸天”——此乃吠陀圣传（Śruti）。
Word by Word
madhva-ādayaḥ(those) beginning with Madhu
madhva-ādayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhva + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; ‘beginning with Madhu’
ṣaṭ-ṛtavaḥthe six seasons
ṣaṭ-ṛtavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṭ (संख्या) + ṛtu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; dvigu ‘six seasons’
pitṝnthe Pitṛs
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
tānthose
tān:
Karma (कर्म/apposition)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; referring to pitṝn
paricakṣatecall/designate
paricakṣate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√cakṣ (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; Ātmanepada
ṛtavaḥseasons
ṛtavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛtu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
pitaraḥPitṛs
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
devāḥgods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle
eṣāthis
eṣā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; pronoun referring to śrutiḥ
vaidikīVedic
vaidikī:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaidikī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; qualifying śrutiḥ
śrutiḥrevelation/tradition
śrutiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśruti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular