Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 71
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
नास्तिको वाप्यधर्मो वा संकीर्मस्तस्करो ऽपि वा / नान्यत्र तारणं दानं योगेष्वाह प्रजापतिः
Transliteration
nāstiko vāpyadharmo vā saṃkīrmastaskaro 'pi vā / nānyatra tāraṇaṃ dānaṃ yogeṣvāha prajāpatiḥ
Translation
Be he an unbeliever or unrighteous, of tainted ways or even a thief—Prajāpati has declared: there is no saving gift elsewhere; the gift to yogins is the deliverance.
Word by Word
nāstikaḥan atheist
nāstikaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāstika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), ‘also/even’
adharmaḥunrighteous person/adharma
adharmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)
saṃkīrṇaḥmixed/impure (of conduct)
saṃkīrṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-kṝ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) from संकीर्ण; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
taskaraḥa thief
taskaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottaskara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), ‘also/even’
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
anyatraelsewhere/otherwise
anyatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
tāraṇamdeliverance/saving
tāraṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) / Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dānamgift/charity
dānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular (एकवचन)
yogeṣuin yogas / among yogic practices
yogeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
āhasaid
āha:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
prajāpatiḥPrajāpati
prajāpatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)