Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 66

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Devanagari script

पत्रोर्णं पट्टसूत्रं च कौशेयं परिवर्जयेत् / वर्जयेद्यक्षणं यज्ञे यद्यप्यहतवस्त्रजाम्

Transliteration

patrorṇaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃ ca kauśeyaṃ parivarjayet / varjayedyakṣaṇaṃ yajñe yadyapyahatavastrajām

Translation

Let him avoid patrorṇa, paṭṭa thread, and kauśeya (silk). In the yajña he should refrain from them, even if they are new and unwashed cloth.

Word by Word

• patra-ūrṇam: cloth of leaf-fibre
• patra-ūrṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patra (प्रातिपदिक) + ūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'leaf-fibre/wool-like cloth' (patra + ūrṇa)

• paṭṭa-sūtram: paṭṭa-thread (silk thread)
• paṭṭa-sūtram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + sūtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'silk-thread/paṭṭa-thread'

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)

• kauśeyam: silk cloth
• kauśeyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauśeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular

• parivarjayet: should avoid
• parivarjayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√vṛj (धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ, Parasmaipada, 3rd person Singular; causative sense not intended; 'should avoid'

• varjayet: should avoid
• varjayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛj (धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ, Parasmaipada, 3rd person Singular

• yakṣaṇam: yakṣaṇa-type cloth/material
• yakṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular

• yajñe: in the sacrifice
• yajñe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• yadi: if
• yadi: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conditional particle (शर्तार्थक)

• api: even
• api: Connector/Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, concessive particle (अपि)

• ahata-vastra-jām: made from unwashed cloth
• ahata-vastra-jām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ahata (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'born of unwashed cloth' (ahata=unbeaten/unwashed + vastra + jā=born)