महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-8, verse-235
प्राच्यामृषीन् यजेद्देवान् दक्षिणस्यां पित्éन् यजेत् ।
मातामहान् प्रतीच्याञ्च पूजयेन्न्यासकर्मणि ॥२३५॥
मातामहान् प्रतीच्याञ्च पूजयेन्न्यासकर्मणि ॥२३५॥
235. prācyāmṛṣīn yajeddevān dakṣiṇasyāṁ pitén yajet ,
mātāmahān pratīcyāñca pūjayennyāsakarmaṇi.
mātāmahān pratīcyāñca pūjayennyāsakarmaṇi.
235.
prācyām ṛṣīn yajet devān dakṣiṇasyām pitṟīn
yajet mātāmahān prācyām ca pūjayet nyāsa-karmaṇi
yajet mātāmahān prācyām ca pūjayet nyāsa-karmaṇi
235.
prācyām ṛṣīn devān ca yajet dakṣiṇasyām pitṟīn
yajet pratīcyām mātāmahān nyāsa-karmaṇi pūjayet
yajet pratīcyām mātāmahān nyāsa-karmaṇi pūjayet
235. In the eastern direction, one should honor the seers and the gods; in the southern direction, one should honor the ancestors; and in the western direction, one should honor the maternal ancestors during the ritual of taking sannyāsa.
Words meanings summery:
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- प्राच्याम् (prācyām) - in the east, in the eastern direction
- ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - seers, sages
- यजेत् (yajet) - one should honor, one should worship, one should sacrifice
- देवान् (devān) - gods, divine beings
- दक्षिणस्याम् (dakṣiṇasyām) - in the south, in the southern direction
- पित्ṟईन् (pitṟīn) - ancestors, manes
- यजेत् (yajet) - one should honor, one should worship, one should sacrifice
- मातामहान् (mātāmahān) - maternal grandfathers and maternal ancestors
- प्राच्याम् (prācyām) - in the west (corrected from prācyām due to directional context and pratīcyāñ of Devanagari) (in the west, in the western direction)
- च (ca) - and
- पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - one should worship, one should honor
- न्यास-कर्मणि (nyāsa-karmaṇi) - in the ritual of renunciation, in the rite of sannyāsa
Words meanings and morphology
प्राच्याम् (prācyām) - in the east, in the eastern direction
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of prācī
prācī - east, eastern quarter
ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - seers, sages
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi
ṛṣi - seer, sage, ṛṣi
यजेत् (yajet) - one should honor, one should worship, one should sacrifice
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of yaj
Root: yaj (class 1)
देवान् (devān) - gods, divine beings
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, divine being, light being
दक्षिणस्याम् (dakṣiṇasyām) - in the south, in the southern direction
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā
dakṣiṇā - south, southern quarter
पित्ṟईन् (pitṟīn) - ancestors, manes
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor, mane
यजेत् (yajet) - one should honor, one should worship, one should sacrifice
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of yaj
Root: yaj (class 1)
मातामहान् (mātāmahān) - maternal grandfathers and maternal ancestors
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of mātāmaha
mātāmaha - maternal grandfather
प्राच्याम् (prācyām) - in the west (corrected from prācyām due to directional context and pratīcyāñ of Devanagari) (in the west, in the western direction)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of pratīcī
pratīcī - west, western quarter
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - one should worship, one should honor
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pūj
Root: pūj (class 10)
न्यास-कर्मणि (nyāsa-karmaṇi) - in the ritual of renunciation, in the rite of sannyāsa
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of nyāsa-karman
nyāsa-karman - the rite of renunciation
Compound type : tatpurusha (nyāsa+karman)
- nyāsa – renunciation, depositing
noun (masculine) - karman – action, ritual, rite
noun (neuter)