Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 91
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
आहृत्य दक्षिणाग्निं तु होमार्थं वै प्रयत्नतः / अन्यार्थे लौकिकं वापि जुहुयात्कर्मसिद्धये
Transliteration
āhṛtya dakṣiṇāgniṃ tu homārthaṃ vai prayatnataḥ / anyārthe laukikaṃ vāpi juhuyātkarmasiddhaye
Translation
হোমের উদ্দেশ্যে যত্নসহকারে দক্ষিণাগ্নি এনে স্থাপন করতে হবে। অন্য কাজে কর্মসিদ্ধির জন্য লৌকিক অগ্নিতেও আহুতি দেওয়া যায়।
Word by Word
āhṛtyahaving brought
āhṛtya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√hṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)
dakṣiṇa-agniṃthe southern fire (Dakṣiṇāgni)
dakṣiṇa-agniṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय (dakṣiṇaḥ agniḥ)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Nipata (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
homa-arthamfor the purpose of homa
homa-artham:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Roothoma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense: homasya arthe
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipata (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
prayatnataḥcarefully/with effort
prayatnataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial ablative (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), from noun; ‘with effort’
anya-arthefor another purpose
anya-arthe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (anyasya arthe)
laukikamworldly/ordinary (homa)
laukikam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootlaukika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vāor
vā:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्प-अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Nipata (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), ‘also/even’
juhuyātshould offer (into fire)
juhuyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√hu (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
karma-siddhayefor the accomplishment of the rite
karma-siddhaye:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (karmasya siddhiḥ)