Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 70
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
गृहस्थानां सहस्रेण वानप्रस्थशतेन च / ब्रह्मचारिसहस्रेण योग एव विशिष्यते
Transliteration
gṛhasthānāṃ sahasreṇa vānaprasthaśatena ca / brahmacārisahasreṇa yoga eva viśiṣyate
Translation
Beyond a thousand householders, a hundred forest-dwellers, and a thousand brahmacārins, Yoga alone is declared pre-eminent.
Word by Word
gṛhasthānāmof householders
gṛhasthānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘gṛhe sthāḥ’; Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
sahasreṇaby/with a thousand
sahasreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vānaprasthaśatenaby/with a hundred vānaprasthas
vānaprasthaśatena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvānaprastha (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘vānaprasthānāṃ śatam’; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
brahmacārisahasreṇaby/with a thousand brahmacārins
brahmacārisahasreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahmacārin (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘brahmacāriṇāṃ sahasram’; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yogaḥyoga
yogaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
viśiṣyateis distinguished/excels
viśiṣyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-śiṣ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)