वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-15, verse-6

नवाग्रयणपूजाभिरभ्यर्च्य पितृदेवताः ।
कृताग्रयणकाः काले सन्तो विगतकल्मषाः ॥६॥

6. navāgrayaṇapūjābhirabhyarcya pitṛdevatāḥ ,
kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ kāle santo vigatakalmaṣāḥ.

6. navāgrayaṇapūjābhiḥ abhyarcya pitṛdevatāḥ
kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ kāle santaḥ vigatakalmaṣāḥ

6. navāgrayaṇapūjābhiḥ pitṛdevatāḥ abhyarcya
kāle kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ santaḥ vigatakalmaṣāḥ

6. Having worshipped ancestors and deities through new harvest ceremonies (agrayaṇa), people, having performed the first harvest ritual (agrayaṇa) at the appropriate time, become free from sins.

Words meanings summery:

• नवाग्रयणपूजाभिः (navāgrayaṇapūjābhiḥ) - by means of new harvest worships, with new harvest ceremonies

• अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya) - having worshipped, having honored

• पितृदेवताः (pitṛdevatāḥ) - ancestors and deities; the ancestral deities

• कृताग्रयणकाः (kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ) - those who have performed the agrayaṇa (first harvest ceremony)

• काले (kāle) - at the proper time, in time, at the season

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - People who are in the state of having performed the ritual (being, existing; virtuous people)

• विगतकल्मषाः (vigatakalmaṣāḥ) - free from sin, whose sins have departed

Words meanings and morphology

नवाग्रयणपूजाभिः (navāgrayaṇapūjābhiḥ) - by means of new harvest worships, with new harvest ceremonies

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of navāgrayaṇapūjā

navāgrayaṇapūjā - worship of the new harvest; ceremony for the first fruits

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nava+agrayaṇa+pūjā)

• nava – new, fresh
  adjective
• agrayaṇa – first harvest; first fruits; ritual associated with the first harvest
  noun (neuter)
• pūjā – worship, adoration, ritual, ceremony
  noun (feminine)

अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya) - having worshipped, having honored

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root 'arc' with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: arc (class 1)

पितृदेवताः (pitṛdevatāḥ) - ancestors and deities; the ancestral deities

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of pitṛdevatā

pitṛdevatā - ancestors and deities; ancestral deities

Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+devatā)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• devatā – deity, god, divinity
  noun (feminine)

कृताग्रयणकाः (kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ) - those who have performed the agrayaṇa (first harvest ceremony)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtāgrayaṇaka

kṛtāgrayaṇaka - one who has performed the agrayaṇa (first harvest ritual)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+agrayaṇa)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• agrayaṇa – first harvest; first fruits; ritual associated with the first harvest
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to people.

काले (kāle) - at the proper time, in time, at the season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, proper time, season

सन्तः (santaḥ) - People who are in the state of having performed the ritual (being, existing; virtuous people)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'as' (to be, exist)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'people' or 'those who are (so)'.

विगतकल्मषाः (vigatakalmaṣāḥ) - free from sin, whose sins have departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vigatakalmaṣa

vigatakalmaṣa - one whose sins have departed; sinless; pure

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+kalmaṣa)

• vigata – departed, gone away, removed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'gam' with prefix 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• kalmaṣa – sin, impurity, stain
  noun (neuter)

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