Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 15
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
पितॄणमादिसर्गेतु लोकानामक्षयार्थिनाम् / इत्येते पितरश्चैव लोका दुहितरस्तथा
Transliteration
pitṝṇamādisargetu lokānāmakṣayārthinām / ityete pitaraścaiva lokā duhitarastathā
Translation
Trong thuở tạo dựng ban đầu, vì các Pitṛ và để cầu sự bất hoại của các cõi—do đó gọi là các Pitṛ ấy và các thế giới ấy, và cũng gọi là ‘duhitar’ (những người con gái).
Word by Word
pitṝṇāmof the ancestors
pitṝṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
ādi-sargein the primordial creation
ādi-sarge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘ādau sargaḥ’/‘ādi-sarga’ = ‘the first creation’
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)
lokānāmof the worlds
lokānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
akṣaya-arthināmof those seeking imperishability
akṣaya-arthinām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootakṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘akṣayam arthayante’ = ‘seeking imperishability’
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम
pitaraḥfathers/ancestors
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle; emphasis ‘indeed/only’)
lokāḥworlds
lokāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
duhitarāḥdaughters
duhitarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootduhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘so/likewise’)