Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 21
Aśauca-vidhi (Rules of Impurity) within Śrāddha-kalpa — Chapter on Testing/Selecting Brahmanas and Honoring the Atithi
Devanagari script
अक्लिष्ट मव्रणं युक्तं कृशवृत्तिमयाचकम् / एकान्तशीलं धीमन्तं सदा श्राद्धेषु भोजयेत्
Transliteration
akliṣṭa mavraṇaṃ yuktaṃ kṛśavṛttimayācakam / ekāntaśīlaṃ dhīmantaṃ sadā śrāddheṣu bhojayet
Translation
ଯେ ଅକ୍ଲିଷ୍ଟ, ଅବ୍ରଣ, ଯୁକ୍ତ, କୃଶବୃତ୍ତି, ଅୟାଚକ, ଏକାନ୍ତଶୀଳ ଓ ଧୀମାନ—ତାଙ୍କୁ ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧରେ ସଦା ଭୋଜନ କରାଇବା ଉଚିତ।
Word by Word
akliṣṭamunafflicted
akliṣṭam:
Karma (कर्म; object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kliṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √kliś ‘क्लिश्’ + नञ्)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘untroubled/undefiled’
avraṇamunwounded/blemishless
avraṇam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + vraṇa)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘without wound/blemish’
yuktamsuitable
yuktam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootyukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √yuj ‘युज्’)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘fit/proper, disciplined’
kṛśa-vṛttimmeagre livelihood
kṛśa-vṛttim:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘meagre + livelihood’ = ‘one of meagre livelihood’ (as qualifier in next compound)
a-yācakamnot a beggar
a-yācakam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-yācaka (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √yāc ‘याच्’ + नञ्)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘non-begging’
ekānta-śīlamof solitary/retired conduct
ekānta-śīlam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootekānta (प्रातिपदिक) + śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘solitude/exclusiveness’ + ‘nature’
dhīmantamwise
dhīmantam:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘intelligent’
sadāalways
sadā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb
śrāddheṣuin śrāddha rites
śrāddheṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
bhojayetshould feed
bhojayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhuj (धातु; causative √bhuj→bhojaya)
FormImperative/Optative?—Vidhi: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada; causative meaning ‘should cause to eat/feed’