Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 4
Aṣṭakā-Śrāddha Vidhi and Dāna-Praśaṃsā
Observances in the Dark Fortnight and Praise of Giving
Devanagari script
शाकैः कार्या तृतीया स्यादेवं द्रव्यगतो विधिः / अत्रापीष्टं पितॄणां वै नित्यमेव विधीयते
Transliteration
śākaiḥ kāryā tṛtīyā syādevaṃ dravyagato vidhiḥ / atrāpīṣṭaṃ pitṝṇāṃ vai nityameva vidhīyate
Translation
The third Aṣṭakā should be performed with vegetables—such is the rule according to the substance offered; here too, for the Pitṛs, what is pleasing to them is enjoined to be done always.
Word by Word
शाकैःwith vegetables/greens
शाकैः:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootशाक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
कार्याःshould be performed
कार्याः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formकृ-धातोः क्तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तृतीयाthe third (Aṣṭakā)
तृतीया:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
स्यात्should be
स्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formरीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
द्रव्यगतःdepending on the materials
द्रव्यगतः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्रव्य + गत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘विधिः’ इत्यस्य
विधिःthe rule/procedure
विधिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अत्रhere/in this context
अत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ
इष्टम्approved/desired (as proper)
इष्टम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from इष्/यज् sense ‘desired/approved’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भाववाचक—‘(एतत्) इष्टम्’
पितॄणाम्of the Pitṛs/ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — निश्चय/प्रसिद्धि
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)
एवcertainly
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — अवधारण
विधीयतेis prescribed/is enjoined
विधीयते:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + धा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive voice)