Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 20
Aśauca-vidhi (Rules of Impurity) within Śrāddha-kalpa — Chapter on Testing/Selecting Brahmanas and Honoring the Atithi
Devanagari script
न वक्तव्यं सदा विप्र क्षुधिते नास्ति किञ्चन / तस्मै सत्कृत्य दातव्यं सदापचितिरेव सः
Transliteration
na vaktavyaṃ sadā vipra kṣudhite nāsti kiñcana / tasmai satkṛtya dātavyaṃ sadāpacitireva saḥ
Translation
اے وِپر! بھوکے سے یہ نہ کہا کرو کہ ‘کچھ نہیں ہے’؛ اسے عزت کے ساتھ دینا ہی ہمیشہ کی سچی تعظیم ہے۔
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
vaktavyamshould be said
vaktavyam:
Kriyā (क्रिया; vidhi/niṣedha)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormGerundive/Obligative (तव्यत्); Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; impersonal ‘should be said’
sadāalways
sadā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक)
vipraO Brahmin
vipra:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
kṣudhitewhen (he) is hungry
kṣudhite:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative circumstance)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣudhita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √kṣudh ‘क्षुध्’)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; past participle used adjectivally; ‘when (someone) is hungry’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle
astiis
asti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada
kiñcanaanything (at all)
kiñcana:
Karta (कर्ता; with asti)
TypeNoun
Rootkiñcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; indefinite pronoun ‘anything’
tasmaito him
tasmai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular
sat-kṛtyahaving honored
sat-kṛtya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsat (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्)
dātavyamshould be given
dātavyam:
Kriyā (क्रिया; vidhi)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (धातु)
FormGerundive (तव्यत्); Neuter, Nominative, Singular; ‘should be given’
sadāalways
sadā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb
apacitiḥhonour/reverence
apacitiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; equational predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootapaciti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘honour/respect/recompense’
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular