Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 34
Nakṣatra-Śrāddha (Ancestral Rites Connected with Asterisms) — नक्षत्रश्राद्धम्
Devanagari script
काणश्च खञ्जकश्चैव नास्तिको वेदवर्जितः / उन्मत्तो ऽप्यथ षण्ढश्च भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पगः
Transliteration
kāṇaśca khañjakaścaiva nāstiko vedavarjitaḥ / unmatto 'pyatha ṣaṇḍhaśca bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ
Translation
The one-eyed and the lame, the atheist who has forsaken the Veda, the madman, the ṣaṇḍha, the slayer of the unborn, and he who violates the bed of the guru (the teacher’s wife).
Word by Word
kāṇaḥone-eyed man
kāṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
khañjakaḥlame man
khañjakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkhañjaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed; just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिपात-अव्यय (emphasis: ‘indeed/just’)
nāstikaḥatheist; unbeliever
nāstikaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnāstika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
veda-varjitaḥdevoid of the Veda; Veda-rejecting
veda-varjitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/√varj ‘to avoid’ से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), तत्पुरुषः (vedena varjitaḥ—devoid of Veda)
unmattaḥmadman; insane person
unmattaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootunmatta (प्रातिपदिक; √mad ‘to be intoxicated’ से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात-अव्यय (concessive: ‘even/also’)
athaand further
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (sequencer: ‘then/further’)
ṣaṇḍhaḥimpotent man; eunuch
ṣaṇḍhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṇḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
bhrūṇa-hākiller of an embryo; foeticide
bhrūṇa-hā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhrūṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + han (धातु √han ‘to kill’ से ‘hā’ प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (bhrūṇaṃ hanti iti)
guru-talpagaḥviolator of the guru’s bed; adulterer with teacher’s wife
guru-talpagaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक) + talpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (प्रातिपदिक; √gam ‘to go’ से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (guroḥ talpaṃ gacchati iti—one who violates the teacher’s bed)