Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 108
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
अनुज्ञातः कुरुष्वेति तथैव द्विजसत्तमैः / घृतमादाय पात्रे च जुहुयाद्धव्यवाहने
Transliteration
anujñātaḥ kuruṣveti tathaiva dvijasattamaiḥ / ghṛtamādāya pātre ca juhuyāddhavyavāhane
Translation
When the foremost dvijas grant permission, saying “Do it,” one should take ghee in a vessel and offer the oblation into Havyavāhana—the sacred Fire that bears the offerings.
Word by Word
अनुज्ञातःhaving been permitted
अनुज्ञातः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-√ज्ञा (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
कुरुष्वdo (you)
कुरुष्व:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
तथाso, thus
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
द्विज-सत्तमैःby the best brahmins
द्विज-सत्तमैः:
Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (best among the twice-born)
घृतम्ghee
घृतम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Preceding action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√दा (धातु)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having taken)
पात्रेin the vessel
पात्रे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootपात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
जुहुयात्should offer (into fire)
जुहुयात्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
हव्य-वाहनेin/into Havyavāhana (Agni)
हव्य-वाहने:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (carrier of oblations = Agni)