Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 110
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala, Medhya/Amedhya Dravya, and Uparāga
Eclipse) Observances (श्राद्धकल्पः—दानफल-मेध्यामेध्य-उपरागविधिः
Devanagari script
भवन्ति हि वृथा तस्य क्रिया ह्येता न संशयः / वाक्कायबुद्धिपूतानि अस्पृष्टं वाप्यनिन्दितम्
Transliteration
bhavanti hi vṛthā tasya kriyā hyetā na saṃśayaḥ / vākkāyabuddhipūtāni aspṛṣṭaṃ vāpyaninditam
Translation
Without doubt, such acts become futile for him. What is purified in speech, body, and mind remains untouched by defilement and is beyond reproach.
Word by Word
bhavanti(they) become/are
bhavanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय
vṛthāin vain, fruitlessly
vṛthā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvṛthā (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb), अव्यय
tasyaof him/of that
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)
kriyāḥacts, rites, actions
kriyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय
etāḥthese
etāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle), अव्यय
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
vākkāyabuddhipūtānipurified in speech, body, and mind
vākkāyabuddhipūtāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvāk (प्रातिपदिक) + kāya (प्रातिपदिक) + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pūta (कृदन्त; √pū ‘पू’ शुद्धौ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वाक्-काय-बुद्धि-पूतानि = वाक्कायबुद्धिभिः/वाक्कायबुद्धिषु पूतानि ‘purified in/through speech, body, mind’)
aspṛṣṭamuntouched
aspṛṣṭam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-spṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √spṛś ‘स्पृश्’ स्पर्शने)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)
vāor
vā:
Samuccaya/Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्प (disjunctive particle ‘or’), अव्यय
apialso, even
api:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: also/even), अव्यय
aninditamblameless, not censured
aninditam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-nindita (कृदन्त; √nind ‘निन्द्’ निन्दायाम्)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)