Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 111
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala, Medhya/Amedhya Dravya, and Uparāga
Eclipse) Observances (श्राद्धकल्पः—दानफल-मेध्यामेध्य-उपरागविधिः
Devanagari script
ज्ञेयान्येतानि मेध्यानि दुष्टमेध्यो विपर्यये / मनोवाक्कायमग्निश्च कालश्चैवोपलेखनम्
Transliteration
jñeyānyetāni medhyāni duṣṭamedhyo viparyaye / manovākkāyamagniśca kālaścaivopalekhanam
Translation
Know these as ‘medhya’—that which purifies; in the opposite case are the ‘duṣṭa-medhya’. Mind, speech, body, fire, and time are the instruments of cleansing.
Word by Word
jñeyānito be known/considered
jñeyāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñeya (कृदन्त; √jñā ‘ज्ञा’ अवबोधने)
Formभाव्य/विधेय (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural)
etānithese (things)
etāni:
Karta/Karma (contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural)
medhyānipure, fit for purification
medhyāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmedhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषणम्
duṣṭamedhyaḥthe ‘spoiled-pure’ (impure) one
duṣṭamedhyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootduṣṭa (कृदन्त; √duṣ ‘दुष्’ दूषणे) + medhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); समासः—कर्मधारयः (दुष्टः मेध्यः = ‘impure-pure’ i.e., ‘one whose purity is spoiled/impure purifier’)
viparyayein the reverse case/contrary situation
viparyaye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootviparyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
manaḥmind
manaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
vākspeech
vāk:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
kāya-magnaḥimmersed in the body
kāya-magnaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāya (प्रातिपदिक) + magna (कृदन्त; √maj ‘मज्ज्’ मज्जने)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (काये मग्नः = ‘immersed in the body’)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय
kālaḥtime
kālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय
evaindeed/only
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण (emphatic particle), अव्यय
upalekhanamsmearing/marking; (ritual) cleansing by smearing
upalekhanam:
Karta/Karma (contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootupalekhana (प्रातिपदिक; उप + √likh ‘लिख्’ लेखने)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)