Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 91
Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle
Devanagari script
यज्ञे यस्य पुरा गीता गाथागीतैर्महर्षिभिः / अग्नेर्जन्म तदा दृष्ट्वा शाण्डिल्यस्य महात्मनः
Transliteration
yajñe yasya purā gītā gāthāgītairmaharṣibhiḥ / agnerjanma tadā dṛṣṭvā śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ
Translation
جس کے یَجْن میں مہارشیوں نے پہلے گاتھا گیتوں سے ستوتی گائی تھی؛ اسی وقت مہاتما شاندلیہ نے اگنی کی پیدائش کو عیاں دیکھا۔
Word by Word
yajñein the sacrifice
yajñe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी) Singular
yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular
purāformerly
purā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
gītāsung, recited
gītā:
Karmaṇi-bhāva / Predicate adjective
TypeAdjective
Root√gai (धातु) → gīta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative Singular; agrees with (implied) gāthā
gāthā-gītaiḥwith gāthā-songs
gāthā-gītaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootgāthā (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural; karmadhāraya/tatpurusha sense: 'songs in the form of gāthās'
maharṣibhiḥby the great sages
maharṣibhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) in passive sense / Agent (कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootmaharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural
agneḥof Agni
agneḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular
janmabirth
janma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjanman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया) Singular; here as object of dṛṣṭvā (seen) → Accusative sense
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), expressing prior action
śāṇḍilyasyaof Śāṇḍilya
śāṇḍilyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśāṇḍilya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive Singular; proper noun
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled
mahātmanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive Singular; qualifying śāṇḍilyasya