Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 68
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
एतानेव च मन्त्रज्ञान्भोजयेद्यः समागतान् / एकस्तान्स्नातकः प्रितः सर्वानर्हति तच्छृणु
Transliteration
etāneva ca mantrajñānbhojayedyaḥ samāgatān / ekastānsnātakaḥ pritaḥ sarvānarhati tacchṛṇu
Translation
Whoever feeds these assembled knowers of mantras—hear this—though he be but one snātaka, if he is devoted and pleased, he is worthy of the merit due to them all.
Word by Word
etānthese (persons)
etān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
mantrajñānknowers of mantras
mantrajñān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘mantrāṇāṃ jñāḥ’; Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
bhojayetshould feed
bhojayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhuj (धातु) [causative/णिच्: भोजय-]
FormCausative (णिच्), Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun (यत्), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
samāgatānassembled/arrived
samāgatān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā-gam (धातु)
FormPast active participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
ekaḥone (single)
ekaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
snātakaḥa snātaka (Vedic graduate)
snātakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsnātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
prītaḥpleased/satisfied
prītaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprī (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvānall (of them)
sarvān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
arhatiis worthy/deserves
arhati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootarh (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
śṛṇuhear/listen
śṛṇu:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)