ऋणत्रयमोचनम्Release from the three debts
Verse 237
समर्च्य विधिवत्तेभ्यः पिण्डान् दद्यात् पृथक् पृथक् । पिण्डप्रदानविधिना दत्त्वा पिण्डं यथाक्रमम् । कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा प्रार्थयेत् पितृदेवताः ॥ २३७ ॥
samarcya vidhivattēbhyaḥ piṇḍān dadyāt pṛthak pṛthak | piṇḍapradānavidhinā dattvā piṇḍaṁ yathākramam | kṛtāñjalipuṭō bhūtvā prārthayēt pitṛdēvatāḥ || 237 ||
Translation
Having worshipped them duly, he should give them piṇḍas, each separately; having given the piṇḍa in order by the rule of piṇḍa-giving, with joined palms he should pray to the ancestors and the gods:
Word by word
- samarcya
- having worshipped
- vidhivat
- (vidhivat) duly
- tēbhyaḥ
- them
- piṇḍān
- piṇḍas
- dadyāt
- he should give
- pṛthak
- separately
- piṇḍa
- of piṇḍa
- pradāna
- giving
- vidhinā
- by the rule
- dattvā
- having given
- piṇḍaṁ
- the piṇḍa
- yathākramam
- in order
- kṛta
- joined
- añjali
- palms
- puṭō
- (puṭaḥ) with
- bhūtvā
- being
- prārthayēt
- he should pray
- pitṛ
- to the ancestors
- dēvatāḥ
- and the gods
Meaning
The "piṇḍa" is the rice-ball offered to ancestors in the śrāddha. Here gods and sages receive it too. The commentary reads verses 237 and the prayer together.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Samarcya…". Having duly worshipped the gods, the sages and the ancestors, he should duly give pinḍas to them, to the gods, sages and ancestors, separately. Having given a piṇḍa to the gods and the rest in order, by the procedure for offering piṇḍas that will be described, he should, with joined palms, pray to the ancestors and the gods.