Anushanga Pada Adhyaya 12 Shloka 24 - Brahmanda Purana | English | Vedapath

Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 24

श्राद्धकल्पे पितृदेवपूजाक्रमः (Śrāddhakalpa: Order of Pitṛ and Deva Worship)

Devanagari script

देवदेवा महात्मानो ह्येते पितर इत्युत / इच्छन्ति केचिदाचार्यः पश्चात्पिण्डनिवेदनम्

Transliteration

devadevā mahātmāno hyete pitara ityuta / icchanti kecidācāryaḥ paścātpiṇḍanivedanam

Translation

These Pitara, great-souled, are spoken of as deities among deities. Some teachers wish the offering of the piṇḍa to be made afterward.

Word by Word

देवदेवाःdivine gods (godly deities)

महात्मानःgreat-souled

हिindeed

एतेthese

पितरःthe Pitṛs (ancestors)

इतिthus

उतalso

इच्छन्तिdesire

केचित्some

आचार्याःteachers

पश्चात्afterwards

पिण्ड-निवेदनम्offering of the rice-balls (piṇḍa)