Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 42
Aśauca-vidhi (Rules of Impurity) within Śrāddha-kalpa — Chapter on Testing/Selecting Brahmanas and Honoring the Atithi
Devanagari script
वृथा मुण्डाश्च जटिलाः सर्वे कार्पटिकास्तथा / निर्घृणान्भिन्नवृत्तांश्च सर्वभक्षांश्च वर्जयेत्
Transliteration
vṛthā muṇḍāśca jaṭilāḥ sarve kārpaṭikāstathā / nirghṛṇānbhinnavṛttāṃśca sarvabhakṣāṃśca varjayet
Translation
One should avoid those who shave their heads or wear matted hair in vain, those wearing rags for show, the cruel, those of bad conduct, and those who eat indiscriminately.
Word by Word
वृथाvainly/without proper cause
वृथा:
Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा (अव्यय)
Formव्यर्थत्ववाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in vain/without purpose)
मुण्डाःshaven-headed (ascetics)
मुण्डाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘ते’ (understood) as subject-class
चand
च:
Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
जटिलाःmatted-haired (ascetics)
जटिलाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजटिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समाहार/समुदायवाचक
कार्पटिकाःrag-wearers/charlatans
कार्पटिकाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्पटिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्पटधारिणः/धूर्ताः (rag-wearers/charlatans)
तथाalso
तथा:
Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (likewise)
निर्घृणान्merciless
निर्घृणान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्घृण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘वर्जयेत्’ इत्यस्य कर्म
भिन्नवृत्तान्of perverted conduct
भिन्नवृत्तान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootभिन्न + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः: भिन्नं वृत्तं येषाम्/भिन्नवृत्ताः (deviant in conduct)
चand
च:
Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
सर्वभक्षान्those who eat anything
सर्वभक्षान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + भक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: सर्वं भक्षयन्ति (eat everything)
चand
च:
Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
वर्जयेत्should avoid
वर्जयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद