Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 34
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
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Devanagari script
अनिवेद्य न भोक्तव्यं तस्मिन्नयतने सदा / क्रमशः कीर्तयिष्यामि बलिपात्राण्यतः परम्
Transliteration
anivedya na bhoktavyaṃ tasminnayatane sadā / kramaśaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi balipātrāṇyataḥ param
Translation
In that unfit place one should never eat without first offering; henceforth I shall recount, in order, the vessels for the bali-offering.
Word by Word
anivedyawithout offering (first)
anivedya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootni-√vid (धातु) + a- (निषेध) (कृदन्त)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्यय), avyaya-kṛdanta; negated: ‘without informing/offering’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
bhoktavyamshould be eaten
bhoktavyam:
Vidheyārtha (विधेय/निषेध-विधेय)
TypeVerb
Root√bhuj (धातु) + tavya (तव्यत्)
FormGerundive/Obligative participle (तव्यत्-कृदन्त); Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular; impersonal obligation: ‘is to be eaten/should be eaten’ (with negation: ‘should not be eaten’)
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
ayatanein an improper place/seat
ayatane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootayatana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
sadāalways
sadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (काल-अव्यय)
kramaśaḥin order, sequentially
kramaśaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkramaśas (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (रीति/क्रम-अव्यय)
kīrtayiṣyāmiI shall proclaim/mention
kīrtayiṣyāmi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√kīrt (धातु) (णिच् causative)
FormCausative stem (णिच्); Future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
bali-pātrāṇioffering-vessels
bali-pātrāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbali (प्रातिपदिक) + pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/उपपद-समास): ‘(for) offering’ + ‘vessel’ = ‘vessels for offerings’
ataḥthereafter/therefore
ataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatas (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable; ablatival adverb (हेतु/अपादानार्थ) ‘from this/therefore’
paramfurther, next
param:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग/क्रियाविशेषणवत्) ‘further/next’