Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 60
Aśauca-vidhi (Rules of Impurity) within Śrāddha-kalpa — Chapter on Testing/Selecting Brahmanas and Honoring the Atithi
Devanagari script
तावदश्नन्ति पितरो यावदश्नन्ति वाग्यताः / दत्तं प्रतिग्रहो होमो भोजनं बलिरेव च
Transliteration
tāvadaśnanti pitaro yāvadaśnanti vāgyatāḥ / dattaṃ pratigraho homo bhojanaṃ balireva ca
Translation
വാക്ക്നിയന്ത്രണമുള്ളവർ (ബ്രാഹ്മണർ) എത്രനേരം ഭോജനം ചെയ്യുമോ അത്രനേരം പിതൃകൾ ഭുജിക്കുന്നു; ദാനം, പ്രതിഗ്രഹം, ഹോമം, ഭോജനം, ബലി—ഇവയൊക്കെയും (ശ്രാദ്ധത്തിൽ) ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു.
Word by Word
तावत्so long
तावत्:
सम्बन्ध (Correlative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (so long/that long)
अश्नन्तिeat
अश्नन्ति:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; English: present, 3rd person plural
पितरःthe ancestors (pitṛs)
पितरः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; English: masculine nominative plural
यावत्as long as
यावत्:
सम्बन्ध (Correlative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formअवधि-बोधक अव्यय (as long as)
अश्नन्तिeat
अश्नन्ति:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; English: present, 3rd person plural
वाक्-यताःthose restrained in speech
वाक्-यताः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + यत (कृदन्त; √यम् धातु)
Formतत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावः: वाचा यताः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; English: masculine nominative plural, 'restrained in speech'
दत्तम्(what is) given; a gift
दत्तम्:
कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootदत्त (कृदन्त; √दा धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; substantivized; English: neuter nominative singular
प्रतिग्रहःacceptance (of a gift)
प्रतिग्रहः:
कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; English: masculine nominative singular
होमःfire-offering (homa)
होमः:
कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootहोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; English: masculine nominative singular
भोजनम्eating/meal
भोजनम्:
कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; English: neuter nominative singular
बलिःoffering (bali)
बलिः:
कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootबलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; English: masculine nominative singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)