Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 55
Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Gifts in Śrāddha and Their Fruits
Devanagari script
तस्मादन्नसमं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति / यानि रत्नानि मेदिन्यां वाहनानि स्त्रियस्तथा
Transliteration
tasmādannasamaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / yāni ratnāni medinyāṃ vāhanāni striyastathā
Translation
Kaya’t walang handog na kapantay ng annadāna—hindi noon, at hindi rin sa darating; kahit pa sa lupa’y may mga hiyas, sasakyan, at mga babae.
Word by Word
tasmāttherefore/from that
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative used adverbially (तस्मात्—हेतु/तस्मादित्यर्थे)
anna-samamequal to food (in value)
anna-samam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); उपमान-तत्पुरुष—‘equal to food’
dānama gift/charity
dānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
bhūtamhas been
bhūtam:
Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Root√bhū (भू धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘been/occurred’ (predicate)
nanor
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
bhaviṣyatiwill be
bhaviṣyati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू धातु)
FormFuture tense (लृट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yāniwhich (things)
yāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun ‘which’
ratnānigems
ratnāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootratna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
medinyāmon the earth
medinyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmedinī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
vāhanānivehicles
vāhanāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
striyaḥwomen
striyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/conjunctional particle (क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चयार्थ)