Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 20
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
ततस्त स्वसुतांश्चैव प्रयश्चित्तजि घृक्षवः / अपृच्छन्संयतात्मानो विधिवच्च मिथो मिथः
Transliteration
tatasta svasutāṃścaiva prayaścittaji ghṛkṣavaḥ / apṛcchansaṃyatātmāno vidhivacca mitho mithaḥ
Translation
Bấy giờ, những người mong thực hành prāyaścitta, với tâm tự chế, đã hỏi các con trai mình theo đúng nghi thức, và hỏi han lẫn nhau.
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla/Anantara (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya adverb ‘then’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
sva-sutāntheir own sons
sva-sutān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘own sons’; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle (समुच्चय)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण)
prāyaścitta-jighṛkṣavaḥdesiring expiation
prāyaścitta-jighṛkṣavaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक) + ji-ghṛkṣu (कृदन्त; desiderative adjective from √grah/√ghṛkṣ?)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘desirous of expiation’; jighṛkṣu = desiderative adjectival form (इच्छार्थक) ; Masculine, Nominative, Plural; qualifies te
apṛcchanasked
apṛcchan:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprach (धातु)
FormLuṅ (aorist), 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada
saṃyata-ātmānaḥself-controlled
saṃyata-ātmānaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃyata (संयत, kta of √yam) + ātman (आत्मन्, प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi ‘whose self is restrained’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural; qualifies te
vidhivatproperly
vidhivat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya adverb (तद्धितान्त/वत्) ‘according to rule’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle
mithaḥmutually
mithaḥ:
Paraspara (परस्पर)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmithaḥ (अव्यय)
FormReciprocal adverb (परस्परार्थक अव्यय)
mithaḥeach other
mithaḥ:
Paraspara (परस्पर)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmithaḥ (अव्यय)
FormRepetition for emphasis; reciprocal adverb