Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 106
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
पवित्रं च द्विजश्रेष्ठाः शुद्धये जन्मकर्मणाम् / पात्रेषु फलमुद्दिष्टं यन्मया श्राद्धकर्मणि
Transliteration
pavitraṃ ca dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śuddhaye janmakarmaṇām / pātreṣu phalamuddiṣṭaṃ yanmayā śrāddhakarmaṇi
Translation
O best of the twice-born! For the purification of birth and deeds, in the śrāddha rite I have prescribed the sacred pavitra and the fruits to be placed in the vessels.
Word by Word
पवित्रम्purifier; sacred (thing)
पवित्रम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); here as विषय/उद्देश्य (topic/object)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
द्विज-श्रेष्ठाःO best of the twice-born (brahmins)
द्विज-श्रेष्ठाः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (best of the twice-born)
शुद्धयेfor purification
शुद्धये:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose; dative)
TypeNoun
Rootशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)
जन्म-कर्मणाम्of births and rites (life-cycle acts)
जन्म-कर्मणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); द्वन्द्व (birth and rites/actions)
पात्रेषुin/among the vessels (eligible recipients)
पात्रेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootपात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)
फलम्the result/fruit
फलम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
उद्दिष्टम्declared, prescribed
उद्दिष्टम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-√दिश् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Relative)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun) referring to ‘फलम्’
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr-karana (कर्ता/Agent as instrumental ‘by me’)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
श्राद्ध-कर्मणिin the śrāddha rite
श्राद्ध-कर्मणि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rite of śrāddha)