Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 13
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
तथा तं नयते मन्त्रो जन्तुर्यत्रावतिष्ठति / नामगोत्रं च मन्त्रं च दत्तमन्नं नयन्ति तम्
Transliteration
tathā taṃ nayate mantro janturyatrāvatiṣṭhati / nāmagotraṃ ca mantraṃ ca dattamannaṃ nayanti tam
Translation
So too the mantra leads that being to the very place where it abides; the mantra uttered with name and gotra, and the food that is offered, are conveyed to it.
Word by Word
tathāthus
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/in the same way’)
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम
nayateleads/takes
nayate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnī (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
mantraḥthe mantra
mantraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
jantuḥthe creature
jantuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjantu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘where’)
avatiṣṭhatiremains/stands
avatiṣṭhati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-sthā (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
nāma-gotramname and lineage
nāma-gotram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक) + gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative) used as a collective: ‘name and lineage’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
mantrammantra
mantram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
datta-annamthe given food (offering)
datta-annam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdatta (दā/दा धातु + क्त) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास: ‘dattaṃ annaṃ’ = ‘given food’
nayantilead/take
nayanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnī (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम