Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 11
Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle
Devanagari script
पाटलेनैव चैकेन व्यदधादेकपाटला / पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे द्वे चाहारं वै प्रजक्रतुः
Transliteration
pāṭalenaiva caikena vyadadhādekapāṭalā / pūrṇe varṣasahasre dve cāhāraṃ vai prajakratuḥ
Translation
Ekapāṭalā sustained herself on a single pāṭala flower alone; and when two thousand years were complete, the two of them renounced even food itself.
Word by Word
pāṭalenawith a pāṭala (leaf/flower)
pāṭalena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootpāṭala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
evaonly
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Indeclinable), अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle: ‘only/just’)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Indeclinable), समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
ekenawith one (single)
ekena:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
vyadadhātarranged/apportioned
vyadadhāt:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ā-dhā (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद (Active), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
eka-pāṭalāEkapāṭalā
eka-pāṭalā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + pāṭalā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (Proper name), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
pūrṇewhen completed
pūrṇe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-location)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)
varṣa-sahasrein a thousand years
varṣa-sahasre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-location)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (Determinative; ‘thousand of years’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)
dvetwo
dve:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन (Dual)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Indeclinable), समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
āhāramfood/intake
āhāram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootāhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Indeclinable), निश्चयार्थक (particle: ‘indeed/verily’)
prajakratuḥthey two undertook/did
prajakratuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kṛ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद (Active), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual)