Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 86
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
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Devanagari script
पितरो हृष्टमनसो रक्षांसि विमनांसि च / भवन्त्येवं कृते श्राद्धे नित्यमेव प्रयत्नतः
Transliteration
pitaro hṛṣṭamanaso rakṣāṃsi vimanāṃsi ca / bhavantyevaṃ kṛte śrāddhe nityameva prayatnataḥ
Translation
When śrāddha is performed thus, daily and with earnest effort, the Pitṛs rejoice in heart, and the rākṣasas grow dispirited.
Word by Word
pitaraḥthe fathers/manes
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन
hṛṣṭa-manasaḥglad-minded
hṛṣṭa-manasaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roothṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √hṛṣ) + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (हृष्टं मनः येषां ते)
rakṣāṃsidemons/evil spirits
rakṣāṃsi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन
vimanāṃsidejected
vimanāṃsi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvimanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (rakṣāṃsi)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
bhavantibecome/are
bhavanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
evamthus
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-अव्यय (thus/in this way)
kṛtewhen (it is) done
kṛte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके (when done)
śrāddhein the śrāddha
śrāddhe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (only/indeed)
prayatnataḥwith effort
prayatnataḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): प्रयत्नतः = प्रयत्नेन/प्रयत्नात् (with effort)