Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 14
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
अपि योनिशतं प्राप्तांस्तृप्तिस्ताननुगच्छति / एवमेषा स्थिता सत्ता ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
Transliteration
api yoniśataṃ prāptāṃstṛptistānanugacchati / evameṣā sthitā sattā brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Translation
Even if they attain hundreds of womb-born states (yonis), satisfaction still follows them; thus stands this steadfast ordinance of Brahmā, the Parameṣṭhin.
Word by Word
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: ‘even/also’)
yoni-śatama hundred births
yoni-śatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘yonīnāṃ śatam’ = ‘a hundred wombs/births’
prāptānhaving reached/attained
prāptān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-āp (धातु) + kta (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
tṛptiḥsatisfaction
tṛptiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम
anugacchatifollows/reaches
anugacchati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootanu-gam (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
evamthus
evam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)
eṣāthis (she/this)
eṣā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम
sthitāestablished/standing
sthitā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthā (धातु) + kta (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
sattāexistence/being
sattā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsattā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā/Brahman
brahmaṇaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
parameṣṭhinaḥof the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
parameṣṭhinaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootparameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)