Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 19

पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः

Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries

Devanagari script

प्रायश्चित्तं चरध्वं वै व्यभिचारो हि वः कृतः / पुत्रान्स्वान्परिपृच्छध्वं ततो ज्ञानमवाप्स्यथ

Transliteration

prāyaścittaṃ caradhvaṃ vai vyabhicāro hi vaḥ kṛtaḥ / putrānsvānparipṛcchadhvaṃ tato jñānamavāpsyatha

Translation

Perform prāyaścitta indeed, for a transgression has been committed by you. Question your own sons; then you shall attain true knowledge.

Word by Word

• prāyaścittam: expiation
• prāyaścittam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• caradhvam: perform/practice
• caradhvam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), 2nd person, Plural, Ātmanepada

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha-bodhaka (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• vyabhicāraḥ: transgression
• vyabhicāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyabhicāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Hetu-sūcaka (हेतुसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) giving reason/emphasis

• vaḥ: of you
• vaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th) or Dative (4th), Plural; here Genitive ‘of you’

• kṛtaḥ: done/committed
• kṛtaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with vyabhicāraḥ

• putrān: sons
• putrān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• svān: your own
• svān: Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; possessive adjective qualifying putrān

• paripṛcchadhvam: ask/inquire (from)
• paripṛcchadhvam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-prach (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), 2nd person, Plural, Ātmanepada

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantara (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya adverb ‘then/thereupon’

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• avāpsyatha: you will obtain
• avāpsyatha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (periphrastic future), 2nd person, Plural, Parasmaipada