Shloka 49

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

ततः पितृत्वमापन्ने दर्शपूर्णादिभिः सुभैः प्रीणनं तस्य कर्त्तव्यं यथा श्रुतिनिदर्शनात्

Transliteration

tataḥ pitṛtvamāpanne darśapūrṇādibhiḥ subhaiḥ prīṇanaṃ tasya karttavyaṃ yathā śrutinidarśanāt

Translation

随后，当其已获得作为“祖灵”（pitṛ）的地位时，应依《闻传》（Śruti，吠陀）所示，以新月、满月等吉祥仪轨使其满足并加以安抚祭祀。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter/then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• pitṛtvam: fatherhood
• pitṛtvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛtva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (Acc./Nom. sg.; here object), भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त (abstract noun)

• āpanne: when (it is) attained/occurred
• āpanne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√pad (धातु) + apanna (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसके सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc. sg.)—सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute sense)

• darśa-pūrṇa-ādibhiḥ: by (rites) like Darśa and Pūrṇamāsa etc.
• darśa-pūrṇa-ādibhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśa + pūrṇa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया बहुवचन (Instr. pl.); समासः: तत्पुरुष (darśa-pūrṇa-ādi = darśa and pūrṇa etc.)

• subhaiḥ: auspicious
• subhaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: subha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया बहुवचन (Instr. pl.), विशेषण (qualifier)

• prīṇanam: pleasing/propitiation
• prīṇanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √prī (धातु) + prīṇana (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen. sg.), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• karttavyam: to be done/should be done
• karttavyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kartavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.), विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: सम्बन्ध/उपमान (as/according to)

• śruti-nidarśanāt: from the indication of scripture (śruti)
• śruti-nidarśanāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti + nidarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी एकवचन (Abl. sg.); समासः: तत्पुरुष (śruti-nidarśana = indication in śruti)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often Pulastya ↔ Nārada framework)

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Pitṛ-dharma
• Śrāddha
• Vedic authority (Śruti)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is presented as continuity: obligations do not end with death; once the deceased is regarded as pitṛ, regular, calendrically anchored rites sustain gratitude, lineage responsibility, and social-religious stability.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with many Purāṇas, this is an instructional (ācāra/dharma) layer supplementing the pancalakṣaṇa; it is not a genealogical or cosmological section but a normative ritual guideline grounded in śruti.

What is the symbolic significance?

Darśa–pūrṇamāsa cycles symbolize time’s sacred rhythm: aligning ancestral propitiation with lunar order expresses that the family’s invisible bonds are harmonized with cosmic periodicity.