Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 8
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala, Medhya/Amedhya Dravya, and Uparāga
Eclipse) Observances (श्राद्धकल्पः—दानफल-मेध्यामेध्य-उपरागविधिः
Devanagari script
श्रेष्मलाः शीतलाः स्निग्धा मधुराश्च तथेक्षवः / श्यामाकैरिक्षुभिश्चैव पितॄणां सर्वकामिकम्
Transliteration
śreṣmalāḥ śītalāḥ snigdhā madhurāśca tathekṣavaḥ / śyāmākairikṣubhiścaiva pitṝṇāṃ sarvakāmikam
Translation
ईखें कफवर्धक, शीतल, स्निग्ध और मधुर होती हैं; और श्यामाक तथा ईख—इन दोनों से पितरों के लिए सर्वकामदायक (श्राद्ध) होता है।
Word by Word
śreṣmalāḥphlegm-producing/mucilaginous
śreṣmalāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśreṣmala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying ikṣavaḥ
śītalāḥcool
śītalāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśītala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying ikṣavaḥ
snigdhāḥunctuous, oily
snigdhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsnigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying ikṣavaḥ
madhurāḥsweet
madhurāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmadhura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying ikṣavaḥ
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)
ikṣavaḥsugarcanes
ikṣavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootikṣu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
śyāmākaiḥwith śyāmāka grains
śyāmākaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśyāmāka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
ikṣubhiḥwith sugarcanes
ikṣubhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootikṣu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक अव्यय)
pitṝṇāmof the ancestors (pitṛs)
pitṝṇām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarva-kāmikamfulfilling all desires
sarva-kāmikam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāmika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष sense: ‘all-desire-fulfilling’; object/complement (implied: tarpaṇam/haviḥ)