Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 53
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
अन्नाद्भूतानि जायन्ते जीवन्ति प्रभवन्ति च / जीवदानात्परं दानं नान्यत्किञ्चन विद्यते
Transliteration
annādbhūtāni jāyante jīvanti prabhavanti ca / jīvadānātparaṃ dānaṃ nānyatkiñcana vidyate
Translation
From food beings are born, by food they live and thrive; no gift surpasses the gift of life (jīva-dāna).
Word by Word
annātfrom food
annāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūtānibeings
bhūtāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
jāyanteare born
jāyante:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
jīvantilive
jīvanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jīv (जीव् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
prabhavantiarise/come forth
prabhavanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra- + √bhū (भू धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
jīva-dānātthan life-giving
jīva-dānāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjīva (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘than the giving of life’
paramsuperior
param:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण (qualifies dānam)
dānama gift
dānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
anyatanything else
anyat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively
kiñcanaanything whatsoever
kiñcana:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite pronoun (किञ्चन)
vidyateexists
vidyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (विद् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)