Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 117
Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle
Devanagari script
पितॄणां हि प्रसादेन प्राप्यते स महात्मनाम् / मुक्तावैडूर्यवासांसि वाजिनागायुतानि च
Transliteration
pitṝṇāṃ hi prasādena prāpyate sa mahātmanām / muktāvaiḍūryavāsāṃsi vājināgāyutāni ca
Translation
By the grace of the Pitris, the great-souled attain that reward: garments adorned with pearls and vaidūrya, and also horses and elephants in ayutas (tens of thousands).
Word by Word
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
प्रसादेनby (their) grace
प्रसादेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
प्राप्यतेis obtained
प्राप्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग), ātmanepada
सःthat (state/thing)
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun
महात्मनाम्of great-souled ones
महात्मनाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
मुक्तावैडूर्यवासांसिgarments (adorned) with pearls and vaiḍūrya gems
मुक्तावैडूर्यवासांसि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ता (प्रातिपदिक) + वैडूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva listing 'pearls and cat's-eye (gems)' qualifying garments; overall head 'वासांसि'
वाजिनागायुतानिtens of thousands of horses and elephants
वाजिनागायुतानि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva 'horses and elephants' with numeral compound element 'अयुत' (ten-thousand) indicating 'in tens of thousands'
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)