Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 50
Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)
Devanagari script
नष्टचन्द्रा त्वमावस्या या मध्याङ्नात्प्रवर्त्तते / दिवसार्द्धेन रात्र्या च सूर्यं प्राप्य तु चन्द्रमाः
Transliteration
naṣṭacandrā tvamāvasyā yā madhyāṅnātpravarttate / divasārddhena rātryā ca sūryaṃ prāpya tu candramāḥ
Translation
وہ اماوَسیا جس میں چاند غائب رہتا ہے، دوپہر سے شروع ہوتی ہے؛ چاند دن کے آدھے حصے اور رات کے حصے میں چل کر سورج کے قریب پہنچتا ہے۔
Word by Word
naṣṭa-candrā(the) moonless
naṣṭa-candrā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaṣṭa (√naś, क्त-कृदन्त) + candra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi compound, Feminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘she whose moon is lost’
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis
amāvasyānew-moon day/night
amāvasyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootamāvasyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
yāwhich
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun, Feminine, Nominative, Singular
madhyāhnātfrom midday
madhyāhnāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhyāhna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
pravartatebegins/sets in
pravartate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vṛt (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person, Singular
divasa-ardhenaby half a day
divasa-ardhena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdivasa (प्रातिपदिक) + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa, Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
rātryāby night
rātryā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
sūryamthe sun
sūryam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
prāpyahaving reached
prāpya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्) from pra-√āp ‘to reach’
tuthen/indeed
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
candramāḥthe moon
candramāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcandramas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular