Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 54
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
अन्नाल्लोकाः प्रतिष्ठन्ति लोकदानस्य तत्फलम् / अन्नं प्रजापतिः साक्षात्ते न सर्वमिदं ततम्
Transliteration
annāllokāḥ pratiṣṭhanti lokadānasya tatphalam / annaṃ prajāpatiḥ sākṣātte na sarvamidaṃ tatam
Translation
അന്നം കൊണ്ടാണ് ലോകങ്ങൾ നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്—അതുതന്നെ ലോകദാനത്തിന്റെ ഫലം; അന്നം സാക്ഷാൽ പ്രജാപതിയാണ്, അതിനാൽ ഇതെല്ലാം വ്യാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
annātfrom food
annāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
lokāḥworlds/people
lokāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
pratiṣṭhantistand firm/are established
pratiṣṭhanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati- + √sthā (स्था धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
loka-dānasyaof world-sustaining charity
loka-dānasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘of the gift of (sustaining) the worlds’
tat-phalamthat is its fruit
tat-phalam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी/संबन्ध-तत्पुरुष—‘its fruit/result’
annamfood
annam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
prajā-patiḥPrajāpati
prajā-patiḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘lord of creatures’
sākṣātdirectly, in person
sākṣāt:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsākṣāt (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय) meaning ‘directly/in person’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); pronoun ‘they’
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
sarvamall
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively ‘all’
idamthis
idam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun ‘this’
tatampervaded/spread
tatam:
Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Root√tan (तन् धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘spread/pervaded’