Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 17
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
ते शप्ता ब्रह्मणा मूढा नष्टसंज्ञा भविष्यथ / तस्मात्किञ्चिन्न जानीत ततो लोकेषु मुह्यत
Transliteration
te śaptā brahmaṇā mūḍhā naṣṭasaṃjñā bhaviṣyatha / tasmātkiñcinna jānīta tato lokeṣu muhyata
Translation
Cursed by Brahmā, you shall become deluded and bereft of awareness; therefore you will know nothing, and in the worlds you will wander in bewilderment.
Word by Word
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
śaptāḥcursed
śaptāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśap (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त, क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with te
brahmaṇāby Brahmā
brahmaṇā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (context: Brahmā, masculine), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mūḍhāḥdeluded
mūḍhāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicate adjective to te
naṣṭa-saṃjñāḥhaving lost awareness
naṣṭa-saṃjñāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaṣṭa (नष्ट, kta of √naś) + saṃjñā (संज्ञा, प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) ‘whose consciousness is lost’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; qualifies te
bhaviṣyathayou will become
bhaviṣyatha:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormLuṭ (लुट्, periphrastic future), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna-nibandhana (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय) used as ablatival adverb ‘therefore/from that’
kiñcitanything
kiñcit:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkiṃcid (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-prāya)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used with negation ‘anything’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
jānītaknow
jānīta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्, imperative), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada; Vedic/epic ending -īta for -īta/-ītaḥ style (jānīta = jānīta/jānītha)
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla/Anantara (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya adverb (अव्यय) ‘then/from there’
lokeṣuin the worlds
lokeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
muhyatabecome confused
muhyata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuh (धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्, imperative), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)