Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 20
Nakṣatra-Śrāddha (Ancestral Rites Connected with Asterisms) — नक्षत्रश्राद्धम्
Devanagari script
यो ददाति गुडोन्मिश्रतिलानि श्राद्धकर्मणि / मधु वामधुमिश्रं वा सर्वमेवाक्षयं भवेत्
Transliteration
yo dadāti guḍonmiśratilāni śrāddhakarmaṇi / madhu vāmadhumiśraṃ vā sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet
Translation
Whoever, in the śrāddha rite, gives sesame mixed with jaggery, or gives honey or an offering mixed with honey—everything so given becomes imperishable in merit (akṣaya).
Word by Word
yaḥwho (he who)
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम)
dadātigives
dadāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धाातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
guḍa-unmiśra-tilānisesame seeds mixed with jaggery
guḍa-unmiśra-tilāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + unmiśra (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √miśr/miś ‘to mix’ with उपसर्ग उद्/उन्) + tila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (guḍena unmiśrāḥ tilāḥ = tilas mixed with jaggery)
śrāddha-karmaṇiin the śrāddha rite
śrāddha-karmaṇi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (śrāddhasya karma = śrāddha-rite)
madhuhoney
madhu:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात); alternative/disjunction (विकल्पार्थक)
madhu-miśrammixed with honey
madhu-miśram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootmadhu (प्रातिपदिक) + miśra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—कर्मधारयः (madhu eva miśram = honey-mixed)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात); alternative/disjunction (विकल्पार्थक)
sarvamall (of that offering)
sarvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात); emphasis (अवधारणार्थक)
akṣayamimperishable, inexhaustible
akṣayam:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootakṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective (विशेषण, विधेय)
bhavetwould become / becomes
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)