Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 88
Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)
Devanagari script
नानारूपासु जायन्ते तिर्यग्योनिष्वयोनिषु / यदाहारा भवन्त्येते तासु तास्विह योनिषु
Transliteration
nānārūpāsu jāyante tiryagyoniṣvayoniṣu / yadāhārā bhavantyete tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu
Translation
তারা নানা রূপে, তির্যক্-যোনি ও অন্যান্য যোনিতে জন্ম নেয়। যে যে যোনিতে যেমন আহার, এই জীবেরা সেই সেই যোনিতে তেমন আহারভোজী হয়।
Word by Word
nānā-rūpāsuin various forms
nānā-rūpāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā (अव्यय) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषण—‘योनिषु’ इत्यस्य
jāyanteare born
jāyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
tiryak-yoniṣuin animal wombs/births
tiryak-yoniṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottiryak (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
a-yoniṣuin non-wombs (non-uterine births)
a-yoniṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roota- (नञ्/उपसर्ग) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
yat-āhārāḥhaving whatever food
yat-āhārāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootyat (प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषण—‘ete’ इत्यस्य
bhavantibecome/are
bhavanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
etethese (beings)
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); सर्वनाम
tāsuin those
tāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); सर्वनाम
tāsuin those (respective)
tāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
ihahere
iha:
Desha-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
yoniṣuin wombs/births
yoniṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)