Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 45
Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)
Devanagari script
यस्मात्तामनुमन्यन्ते पितरो दैवतैः सह / तस्मादनुमतिर्नाम पूर्णिमा प्रथमा स्मृता
Transliteration
yasmāttāmanumanyante pitaro daivataiḥ saha / tasmādanumatirnāma pūrṇimā prathamā smṛtā
Translation
जिस कारण पितर देवताओं सहित उस तिथि को अनुमोदित करते हैं, इसलिए वह ‘अनुमति’ नाम से जानी जाती है; पूर्णिमाओं में उसे प्रथम कहा गया है।
Word by Word
yasmātbecause/from which
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘yad’)
FormRelative ablatival form used adverbially (हेतौ)
tāmher/that (night)
tām:
Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
anumanyanteapprove/assent to
anumanyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootanu-√man (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Plural (बहुवचन)
pitaraḥthe Pitṛs (ancestors)
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
daivataiḥwith the deities
daivataiḥ:
Sahakāraka (सह/तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootdaivata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahakāraka (सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
FormPreposition-like indeclinable (सह—सहयोगार्थ) governing instrumental
tasmāttherefore/from that
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘tad’)
FormAblatival adverb (तस्मात्—ततः/हेतोः)
anumatiḥAnumati (name)
anumatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootanumati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
nāmaby name
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) indicating naming/quotation
pūrṇimāthe full-moon day
pūrṇimā:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrṇimā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular (apposition to anumatiḥ)
prathamāthe first
prathamā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective
smṛtāis remembered/called
smṛtā:
Kriyā (क्रियापद-भाव)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ + ta (धातु + क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; used predicatively ‘is called/considered’