Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 66

Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle

Devanagari script

सोमपाः पितरः कन्यां रज्ञो ऽस्यैव त्वमावसोः / उत्पन्नस्य पृथिव्यां तु मानुषेषु महात्मनः

Transliteration

somapāḥ pitaraḥ kanyāṃ rajño 'syaiva tvamāvasoḥ / utpannasya pṛthivyāṃ tu mānuṣeṣu mahātmanaḥ

Translation

The Soma-drinking Pitṛs said: “O maiden, you shall belong to this very king, Āvasu—the great-souled one who will be born upon the earth among humankind.”

Word by Word

• soma-pāḥ: Soma-drinkers
• soma-pāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + pā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘सोमं पिबन्ति ये’

• pitaraḥ: the manes/fathers
• pitaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• kanyām: a maiden/daughter
• kanyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• rajñaḥ: of the king
• rajñaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• asya: of this (one)
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: avadhāraṇa-particle (अवधारण)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• āvasoḥ: of the abode/house
• āvasoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; ‘of the dwelling/abode’ (contextually: ‘in the house/lineage’)

• utpannasya: of (one) born/arisen
• utpannasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ut-pad (धातु) → utpanna (कृदन्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; past participle (क्त) used adjectivally

• pṛthivyām: on the earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• tu: and/but
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: particle (निपात)

• mānuṣeṣu: among humans
• mānuṣeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (or adj. used substantively), Saptamī, Bahuvacana

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled (one)
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; कर्मधारय: ‘महान् आत्मा यस्य’