Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 5
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
सर्वे वर्णा यजन्त्येनांश्चत्वारस्तु यथागमम् / तथा संकरजात्यश्च म्लेच्छाश्चापि यजन्ति वै
Transliteration
sarve varṇā yajantyenāṃścatvārastu yathāgamam / tathā saṃkarajātyaśca mlecchāścāpi yajanti vai
Translation
All the varṇas worship them in accordance with the āgamas, in four prescribed ways; so too do the mixed-born communities, and even the mlecchas, indeed, render them reverence.
Word by Word
sarveall
sarve:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; agrees with varṇāḥ
varṇāḥvarṇas (classes)
varṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
yajantiworship
yajanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; parasmaipada
enānthem
enān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; pronoun (enad-series)
catvāraḥfour
catvāraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatvāri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; numeral; (āśramāḥ understood)
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
yathā-āgamamaccording to tradition/scripture
yathā-āgamam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā-āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva used adverbially; accusative singular form functioning as avyaya
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
saṃkara-jātyaḥmixed castes/communities
saṃkara-jātyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkara-jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Plural; compound: saṃkara + jāti; ‘mixed castes’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
mlecchāḥforeigners/barbarians
mlecchāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmleccha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (also/even)
yajantiworship
yajanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; parasmaipada
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle