Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 91
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
आहृत्य दक्षिणाग्निं तु होमार्थं वै प्रयत्नतः / अन्यार्थे लौकिकं वापि जुहुयात्कर्मसिद्धये
Transliteration
āhṛtya dakṣiṇāgniṃ tu homārthaṃ vai prayatnataḥ / anyārthe laukikaṃ vāpi juhuyātkarmasiddhaye
Translation
ہوم کے لیے پوری کوشش سے دکشناغنی لا کر قائم کرے۔ دوسرے مقاصد میں بھی عمل کی تکمیل کے لیے دنیاوی آگ میں آہوتی دی جا سکتی ہے۔
Word by Word
āhṛtyahaving brought
āhṛtya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√hṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)
dakṣiṇa-agniṃthe southern fire (Dakṣiṇāgni)
dakṣiṇa-agniṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय (dakṣiṇaḥ agniḥ)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Nipata (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
homa-arthamfor the purpose of homa
homa-artham:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Roothoma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense: homasya arthe
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipata (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
prayatnataḥcarefully/with effort
prayatnataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial ablative (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), from noun; ‘with effort’
anya-arthefor another purpose
anya-arthe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (anyasya arthe)
laukikamworldly/ordinary (homa)
laukikam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootlaukika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vāor
vā:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्प-अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Nipata (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), ‘also/even’
juhuyātshould offer (into fire)
juhuyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√hu (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
karma-siddhayefor the accomplishment of the rite
karma-siddhaye:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (karmasya siddhiḥ)