Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 22
Nakṣatra-Śrāddha (Ancestral Rites Connected with Asterisms) — नक्षत्रश्राद्धम्
Devanagari script
सर्ववेदव्रतस्नाताः पङ्क्तीनां पावना द्विजाः / ये च भाषाविदः केचिद्ये च व्याकरणे रताः
Transliteration
sarvavedavratasnātāḥ paṅktīnāṃ pāvanā dvijāḥ / ye ca bhāṣāvidaḥ kecidye ca vyākaraṇe ratāḥ
Translation
Those purified by the vows of all the Vedas are dvijas who sanctify the dining row; some are masters of language, and some delight in grammar (vyākaraṇa).
Word by Word
sarva-veda-vrata-snātāḥthose initiated/observant in vows of all the Vedas
sarva-veda-vrata-snātāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + snāta (कृदन्त; √snā ‘to bathe’ past participle)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुपद-समासः—तत्पुरुषप्रधानः (sarveṣu vedeṣu vratena snātāḥ = those who have completed vows/ablutions connected with all Vedas)
paṅktīnāmof the rows/lines (of diners)
paṅktīnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootpaṅkti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
pāvanāḥpurifiers
pāvanāḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate adjective (विशेषण, विधेय)
dvijāḥtwice-born (Brahmins etc.)
dvijāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
yewho (those who)
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)
bhāṣā-vidaḥknowers of language
bhāṣā-vidaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (प्रातिपदिक; ‘knower’)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (bhāṣāyāḥ vid = knower of language)
kecitsome
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkecit (सर्वनाम; kim + cit)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); indefinite pronoun (अनिश्चितवाचक)
yewho (those who)
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)
vyākaraṇein grammar (vyākaraṇa)
vyākaraṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvyākaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
ratāḥengaged/delighting
ratāḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootrata (कृदन्त; √ram ‘to delight’ past participle)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate participle (विशेषण, विधेय)