Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 48
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Devanagari script
फलमूलनमस्कारैः पितॄणां प्रयतः शुचिः / पूजां कृत्वा द्विजान्पश्चात्पूजयेदन्नसंपदा
Transliteration
phalamūlanamaskāraiḥ pitṝṇāṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ / pūjāṃ kṛtvā dvijānpaścātpūjayedannasaṃpadā
Translation
Pure and self-restrained, one should worship the Pitṛs with fruits, roots, and reverent salutations; then, having honored the dvijas, one should serve them with abundance of food.
Word by Word
फलमूलनमस्कारैःwith fruits, roots, and salutations
फलमूलनमस्कारैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootफल + मूल + नमस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)
प्रयतःdisciplined, purified
प्रयतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)
पूजाम्worship
पूजाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
द्विजान्Brahmins (twice-born)
द्विजान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन (plural)
पश्चात्afterwards
पश्चात्:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात् (अव्यय)
Formकाल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: afterwards)
पूजयेत्should worship/honor
पूजयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद
अन्नसंपदाwith abundance of food
अन्नसंपदा:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न + संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)