Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 2
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
प्रजापतिसुता ह्येते सर्वेषां तु महात्मनाम् / आद्यो गणस्तु योगानामनुयोगविवर्द्धनः
Transliteration
prajāpatisutā hyete sarveṣāṃ tu mahātmanām / ādyo gaṇastu yogānāmanuyogavivarddhanaḥ
Translation
ဤတို့သည် အမှန်တကယ် ပ္ရဇာပတိ၏ သားများဖြစ်၍ မဟာတ္မာအားလုံးနှင့် ဆက်နွယ်ကြသည်။ ယောဂအုပ်စုများအနက် ဤသည် ပထမဂဏ ဖြစ်ပြီး အနုယောဂ (အကျင့်အဆက်/အနုရှ္ဌာန်) ကို တိုးပွားစေသည်။
Word by Word
prajāpati-sutāḥsons of Prajāpati
prajāpati-sutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprajāpati-suta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; compound: prajāpati + suta
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (emphasis/for)
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; pronoun
sarveṣāmof all
sarveṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural; agrees with mahātmanām
tubut/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative/contrast particle
mahātmanāmof the great-souled ones
mahātmanām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural; bahuvrīhi used substantively: mahā + ātman = ‘great-souled’
ādyaḥthe first
ādyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; agrees with gaṇaḥ
gaṇaḥgroup/class
gaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
yogānāmof yogas/unions
yogānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural
anu-yoga-vivarddhanaḥone who increases subsequent applications/connected yogas
anu-yoga-vivarddhanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanu-yoga-vivarddhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; compound: anu-yoga + vivarddhana (from √vṛdh, causative/agentive sense ‘increasing’); agrees with gaṇaḥ