Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 73
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
पूजयेद्यजमानस्तु विधिवद्यक्षिणामुखः / तेषामभिमुखो दद्याद्दर्भत्पिण्डांश्च यत्नतः
Transliteration
pūjayedyajamānastu vidhivadyakṣiṇāmukhaḥ / teṣāmabhimukho dadyāddarbhatpiṇḍāṃśca yatnataḥ
Translation
The yajamāna should worship according to rule, facing south. And facing them, he should carefully offer the piṇḍa-balls together with darbha grass.
Word by Word
पूजयेत्should worship/honor
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
यजमानःthe sacrificer (patron)
यजमानः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (कृदन्त; √यज् (धातु) शानच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (agent noun: sacrificer)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: but/indeed)
विधिवत्according to the rite
विधिवत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: according to rule)
दक्षिणामुखःfacing south
दक्षिणामुखः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिणा + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दक्षिणामुख = south-facing)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
अभिमुखःfacing toward (them)
अभिमुखः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअभिमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (facing towards)
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
दर्भत्पिण्डान्darbha-grass rice-balls (piṇḍas)
दर्भत्पिण्डान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्भत् + पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दर्भत्पिण्ड = darbha-grass balls)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
यत्नतःcarefully
यत्नतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्नतस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: carefully/with effort)