Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 92
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
अन्तर्विधाय समिधस्ततो दीप्तो विधीयते / समाहितेन मनसा प्रणीयाग्निं समन्ततः
Transliteration
antarvidhāya samidhastato dīpto vidhīyate / samāhitena manasā praṇīyāgniṃ samantataḥ
Translation
Having placed the kindling (samidh) within, the fire is then kindled to blaze. With a composed mind, one should conduct the fire ritually all around.
Word by Word
antarwithin/inside
antar:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootantar (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/preverb (उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण)
vidhāyahaving placed/arranged
vidhāya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√dhā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)
samidhaḥfuel-sticks
samidhaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsamidh (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तसिल्), ‘then/from that’
dīptaḥkindled/blazing
dīptaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdīpta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vidhīyateis arranged/established
vidhīyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√dhā (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
samāhitenawith concentrated
samāhitena:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamāhita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used with manasā (agreement in sense)
manasāwith the mind
manasā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
praṇīyahaving led/brought forward
praṇīya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√nī (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)
agnimthe fire
agnim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samantataḥall around
samantataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamantataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय), ‘on all sides’