Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 68

Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction

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Devanagari script

कृष्णेभ्यश्च तेलैस्तैलं यत्नात्सुपरिरक्षितम् / चन्दनागुरुणी चोभे तमालोशीरपद्मकम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇebhyaśca telaistailaṃ yatnātsuparirakṣitam / candanāguruṇī cobhe tamālośīrapadmakam

Translation

Vì các Kṛṣṇa (bậc màu sẫm—thần/pitṛ), trong các loại dầu hãy dâng thứ dầu được gìn giữ cẩn trọng. Lại dâng cả đàn hương và aguru, cùng tamāla, uśīra và padmaka.

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇebhyaḥ: to the Kṛṣṇas (a group/people so called)
• kṛṣṇebhyaḥ: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• telaiḥ: with oils
• telaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tela (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• tailam: sesame oil / oil
• tailam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• yatnāt: with effort/carefully
• yatnāt: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; adverbial ablative (हेतौ/प्रयत्नेन)

• su-pari-rakṣitam: well protected/kept safe
• su-pari-rakṣitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + pari-√rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/क्त), Neuter Accusative Singular; with prefixes su-, pari-

• candana-aguruṇī: sandalwood and aguru
• candana-aguruṇī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candana (प्रातिपदिक) + aguru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Dual; dvandva: 'sandal and aguru' (as two items)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• ubhe: both
• ubhe: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Dual; agrees with candanāguruṇī

• tamāla-uśīra-padmakam: tamāla, uśīra, and padmaka
• tamāla-uśīra-padmakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamāla (प्रातिपदिक) + uśīra (प्रातिपदिक) + padmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular (collective); dvandva list of aromatics