Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 91
Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle
Devanagari script
यज्ञे यस्य पुरा गीता गाथागीतैर्महर्षिभिः / अग्नेर्जन्म तदा दृष्ट्वा शाण्डिल्यस्य महात्मनः
Transliteration
yajñe yasya purā gītā gāthāgītairmaharṣibhiḥ / agnerjanma tadā dṛṣṭvā śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ
Translation
In his sacrifice, long ago, the great Ṛṣis sang hymns in gāthā-songs; then the great-souled Śāṇḍilya beheld the birth of Agni.
Word by Word
yajñein the sacrifice
yajñe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी) Singular
yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular
purāformerly
purā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
gītāsung, recited
gītā:
Karmaṇi-bhāva / Predicate adjective
TypeAdjective
Root√gai (धातु) → gīta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative Singular; agrees with (implied) gāthā
gāthā-gītaiḥwith gāthā-songs
gāthā-gītaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootgāthā (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural; karmadhāraya/tatpurusha sense: 'songs in the form of gāthās'
maharṣibhiḥby the great sages
maharṣibhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) in passive sense / Agent (कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootmaharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural
agneḥof Agni
agneḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular
janmabirth
janma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjanman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया) Singular; here as object of dṛṣṭvā (seen) → Accusative sense
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), expressing prior action
śāṇḍilyasyaof Śāṇḍilya
śāṇḍilyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśāṇḍilya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive Singular; proper noun
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled
mahātmanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive Singular; qualifying śāṇḍilyasya