Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 72
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
पितरस्तस्य तुष्यन्ति सुवृष्टेनैव कर्षकाः / पुत्रो वाप्यथ वा पौत्रो ध्यानिनं भोजयिष्यति
Transliteration
pitarastasya tuṣyanti suvṛṣṭenaiva karṣakāḥ / putro vāpyatha vā pautro dhyāninaṃ bhojayiṣyati
Translation
As farmers are gladdened by timely, abundant rain, so are his ancestors satisfied; and his son or grandson will feed a meditator, a dhyānin.
Word by Word
pitaraḥthe fathers/ancestors
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tasyaof him/of that (person)
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
tuṣyantiare satisfied
tuṣyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roottuṣ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
su-vṛṣṭenaby good rainfall
su-vṛṣṭena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from √vṛṣ)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘good rain’; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
karṣakāḥfarmers
karṣakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkarṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
putraḥson
putraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), ‘also/even’
athathen/also
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormParticle/adverb (निपात/क्रियाविशेषण), ‘then/and further’
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)
pautraḥgrandson
pautraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpautra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dhyāninama meditator
dhyāninam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdhyānin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bhojayiṣyatiwill feed
bhojayiṣyati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhuj (धातु) [causative/णिच्: भोजय-]
FormCausative (णिच्), Simple future (लृट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)