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
नास्तिक हो या अधर्मी, मिश्रित आचरण वाला हो या चोर भी—प्रजापति कहते हैं कि योगियों को दिया गया दान ही अन्यत्र नहीं, तारने वाला है।
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)