महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-65, verse-32

पारक्ये भूमिदेशे तु पितॄणां निर्वपेत्तु यः ।
तद्भूमिस्वामिपितृभिः श्राद्धकर्म विहन्यते ॥३२॥

32. pārakye bhūmideśe tu pitṝṇāṁ nirvapettu yaḥ ,
tadbhūmisvāmipitṛbhiḥ śrāddhakarma vihanyate.

32. pārakye bhūmideśe tu pitṝṇām nirvapet tu yaḥ
tadbhūmisvāmipitṛbhiḥ śrāddhakarma vihanyate

32. yaḥ tu pārakye bhūmideśe pitṝṇām nirvapet,
tat śrāddhakarma tadbhūmisvāmipitṛbhiḥ vihanyate

32. Whoever performs offerings for the ancestors (pitṛs) on another's plot of land, that śrāddha ritual is nullified by the ancestors of the owner of that land.

Words meanings summery:

• पारक्ये (pārakye) - on another's (land) (belonging to others, another's)

• भूमिदेशे (bhūmideśe) - in the region of land, on the plot of land

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, for the ancestors (pitṛs)

• निर्वपेत् (nirvapet) - one should perform offerings, one should strew

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

• तद्भूमिस्वामिपितृभिः (tadbhūmisvāmipitṛbhiḥ) - by the ancestors of the owner of that land

• श्राद्धकर्म (śrāddhakarma) - the śrāddha ritual, ancestral offering

• विहन्यते (vihanyate) - is hindered, is nullified, is destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

पारक्ये (pārakye) - on another's (land) (belonging to others, another's)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pārakya

pārakya - belonging to others, another's

Derived from para (other) + -kya (suffix)

Note: Agrees with bhūmideśe

भूमिदेशे (bhūmideśe) - in the region of land, on the plot of land

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhūmideśa

bhūmideśa - region of land, country, place

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+deśa)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, for the ancestors (pitṛs)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, forefather (pitṛ)

निर्वपेत् (nirvapet) - one should perform offerings, one should strew

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vap

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice. With prefix nir- (to pour out, offer)

Prefix: nir

Root: vap (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

तद्भूमिस्वामिपितृभिः (tadbhūmisvāmipitṛbhiḥ) - by the ancestors of the owner of that land

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tadbhūmisvāmipitṛ

tadbhūmisvāmipitṛ - the ancestors of the owner of that land

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tad+bhūmisvāmin+pitṛ)

• tad – that, that one
  pronoun (neuter)
• bhūmisvāmin – owner of the land, landlord
  noun (masculine)
• pitṛ – father, ancestor, forefather (pitṛ)
  noun (masculine)

श्राद्धकर्म (śrāddhakarma) - the śrāddha ritual, ancestral offering

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrāddhakarma

śrāddhakarma - śrāddha ritual, ancestral offering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrāddha+karma)

• śrāddha – a ritual performed in honor of ancestors; faith, belief (śraddhā)
  noun (neuter)
• karma – action, deed, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)

विहन्यते (vihanyate) - is hindered, is nullified, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of han

Present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice, middle ending (ātmanepada). With prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

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