Shloka 117

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

त्रीणि पूर्वाण्यपत्यानि मम तानि न संशय: । इति जानीत खगमा मम यज्ञफलं हि तत्‌

Transliteration

trīṇi pūrvāṇy apatyāni mama tāni na saṁśayaḥ | iti jānīta khagamā mama yajñaphalaṁ hi tat ||

Translation

婆悉吒说道：“先前出生的那三位子嗣皆属我所有，毫无疑虑。诸位翱翔天际者，当知此事：此祭之果报，确实归我。”

Word by Word

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• पूर्वाणि: former/earlier
• पूर्वाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अपत्यानि: offspring/children
• अपत्यानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• जानीत: know (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• खगमाः: O birds / O sky-goers
• Type: Noun
• Root: खगम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञफलम्: fruit/result of the sacrifice
• यज्ञफलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञफल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Khagamāḥ (sky-ranging beings)
• Yajña (sacrifice)
• Yajñaphala (fruit of the sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual merit (yajñaphala) is not arbitrary; it follows rightful agency and dharmic entitlement. Vasiṣṭha emphasizes that the fruit of a sacrifice belongs to the legitimate performer/owner, reinforcing ethical order in religious acts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha addresses sky-ranging beings and asserts with certainty that certain earlier-born offspring are his, concluding from this claim that the sacrificial reward properly belongs to him.