Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 36
Aśauca-vidhi (Rules of Impurity) within Śrāddha-kalpa — Chapter on Testing/Selecting Brahmanas and Honoring the Atithi
Devanagari script
वानप्रस्थेन ऋषयो वालखिल्यैः पुरन्दरः / यतीनां तु कृता पूजा साक्षाद्ब्रह्मा तुं पूजितः
Transliteration
vānaprasthena ṛṣayo vālakhilyaiḥ purandaraḥ / yatīnāṃ tu kṛtā pūjā sākṣādbrahmā tuṃ pūjitaḥ
Translation
By honoring a vānaprastha, the ṛṣis are honored; by honoring the Vālakhilyas, Purandara (Indra) is honored; and by worshiping the yatis, Brahmā himself is worshiped directly.
Word by Word
वानप्रस्थेनby/with a vānaprastha
वानप्रस्थेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवानप्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
ऋषयःsages
ऋषयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
वालखिल्यैःtogether with the Vālakhilyas
वालखिल्यैः:
Sahakari (सहकारी/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootवालखिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
पुरन्दरःPurandara (Indra)
पुरन्दरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; इन्द्र-नाम (Indra)
यतीनाम्of ascetics
यतीनाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विशेषणार्थक
कृताperformed
कृता:
Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘done/performed’ (agreeing with पूजा)
पूजाworship
पूजा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
साक्षात्directly
साक्षात्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाक्षात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: directly/manifestly)
ब्रह्माBrahmā
ब्रह्मा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रजापति-ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विशेषणार्थक
पूजितःis worshipped
पूजितः:
Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (PPP: ‘worshipped’)