Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 19
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
प्रायश्चित्तं चरध्वं वै व्यभिचारो हि वः कृतः / पुत्रान्स्वान्परिपृच्छध्वं ततो ज्ञानमवाप्स्यथ
Transliteration
prāyaścittaṃ caradhvaṃ vai vyabhicāro hi vaḥ kṛtaḥ / putrānsvānparipṛcchadhvaṃ tato jñānamavāpsyatha
Translation
तुम निश्चय ही प्रायश्चित्त करो, क्योंकि तुमसे धर्म-भ्रंश हुआ है। अपने पुत्रों से विधिपूर्वक पूछो; तब ज्ञान प्राप्त करोगे।
Word by Word
prāyaścittamexpiation
prāyaścittam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
caradhvamperform/practice
caradhvam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcar (धातु)
FormLoṭ (imperative), 2nd person, Plural, Ātmanepada
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha-bodhaka (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
vyabhicāraḥtransgression
vyabhicāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyabhicāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
hifor/indeed
hi:
Hetu-sūcaka (हेतुसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) giving reason/emphasis
vaḥof you
vaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (6th) or Dative (4th), Plural; here Genitive ‘of you’
kṛtaḥdone/committed
kṛtaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with vyabhicāraḥ
putrānsons
putrān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
svānyour own
svān:
Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; possessive adjective qualifying putrān
paripṛcchadhvamask/inquire (from)
paripṛcchadhvam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-prach (धातु)
FormLoṭ (imperative), 2nd person, Plural, Ātmanepada
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla/Anantara (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya adverb ‘then/thereupon’
jñānamknowledge
jñānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
avāpsyathayou will obtain
avāpsyatha:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-āp (धातु)
FormLuṭ (periphrastic future), 2nd person, Plural, Parasmaipada