Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 25
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
मन्वादिनां च नेतारः सूर्याचन्द्रमसोस्तथा / तान्नमस्कृत्य सर्वान्वै पितृमत्सु विधिष्वपि
Transliteration
manvādināṃ ca netāraḥ sūryācandramasostathā / tānnamaskṛtya sarvānvai pitṛmatsu vidhiṣvapi
Translation
Having paid homage to the leaders of the Manus and likewise to the leaders of the Sun and the Moon, I bow to them all and also observe the rites pertaining to the Pitṛs.
Word by Word
मन्वादीनाम्of Manu and others
मन्वादीनाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘मन्वादयः’ (gen. pl.)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
नेतारःleaders
नेतारः:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनेतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग
सूर्यof the Sun
सूर्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) समासपूर्वपद-रूप (genitive in dvandva context); पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘चन्द्रमसोः’ सह द्वन्द्वार्थे
चन्द्रमसोःof the (two) Moon (and Sun)
चन्द्रमसोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्रमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; (सूर्य-चन्द्रमसोः = of Sun and Moon)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
तान्them
तान्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग
नमस्कृत्यhaving saluted
नमस्कृत्य:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
TypeVerb
Rootनमस् + कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; “having bowed/saluted”
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘तान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
पितृमत्सुin/among pitṛ-related (rites)
पितृमत्सु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग (मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त; here loc. pl.); “among those connected with the Pitṛs / in pitṛ-related (rites)”
विधिषुin rites/ordinances
विधिषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; “in the rites/ordinances”
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ