Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 64
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
नमो वः पितरः सौम्यः पठन्नेवमतन्द्रितः / सव्योत्तराभ्यां पाणिभ्यां धर्मेर्ऽधं समतन्द्रितः
Transliteration
namo vaḥ pitaraḥ saumyaḥ paṭhannevamatandritaḥ / savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ dharmer'dhaṃ samatandritaḥ
Translation
हे पितरों, आपको नमस्कार। सौम्य पुरुष इस प्रकार मंत्र का पाठ करे, आलस्य रहित होकर; बाएँ और ऊपर उठे दोनों हाथों से धर्म का अर्ध्य अर्पित करे।
Word by Word
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), interjection/particle (नमस्कारार्थक-निपात)
vaḥto you / of you (pl.)
vaḥ:
Sampradana/Recipient (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural (बहुवचन)
pitaraḥO Fathers (manes)
pitaraḥ:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
saumyaḥgentle/auspicious (one)
saumyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaumya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used as epithet
paṭhanreciting/reading
paṭhan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpaṭh (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine, Nominative Singular; from √paṭh (पठ्)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha/Modifier (विशेषण-भाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
evamthus
evam:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
atandritaḥunwearied/attentive
atandritaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-tandrita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; negated adjective (नञ्-प्रत्यय)
savya-uttarābhyāmwith the left and right
savya-uttarābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsavya (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDual (द्विवचन), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया); dvandva indicating 'left and right'
pāṇibhyāmwith (both) hands
pāṇibhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual (द्विवचन)
dharmeḥof the rite/dharma
dharmeḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); Vedic/archaic genitive ending -eḥ
ardhamhalf
ardham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootardha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
samatandritaḥequally attentive
samatandritaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama-atandrita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; karmadhāraya: sama + atandrita ('equally attentive')