Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 66

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

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Devanagari script

पत्रोर्णं पट्टसूत्रं च कौशेयं परिवर्जयेत् / वर्जयेद्यक्षणं यज्ञे यद्यप्यहतवस्त्रजाम्

Transliteration

patrorṇaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃ ca kauśeyaṃ parivarjayet / varjayedyakṣaṇaṃ yajñe yadyapyahatavastrajām

Translation

应当避开叶绒、锦线与绢丝（kauśeya）。在祭祀（yajña）中应当禁用，即便它们是新布且未曾洗涤。

Word by Word

• patra-ūrṇam: cloth of leaf-fibre
• patra-ūrṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patra (प्रातिपदिक) + ūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'leaf-fibre/wool-like cloth' (patra + ūrṇa)

• paṭṭa-sūtram: paṭṭa-thread (silk thread)
• paṭṭa-sūtram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + sūtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'silk-thread/paṭṭa-thread'

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

• kauśeyam: silk cloth
• kauśeyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauśeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular

• parivarjayet: should avoid
• parivarjayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√vṛj (धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ, Parasmaipada, 3rd person Singular; causative sense not intended; 'should avoid'

• varjayet: should avoid
• varjayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛj (धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ, Parasmaipada, 3rd person Singular

• yakṣaṇam: yakṣaṇa-type cloth/material
• yakṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular

• yajñe: in the sacrifice
• yajñe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• yadi: if
• yadi: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conditional particle (शर्तार्थक)

• api: even
• api: Connector/Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, concessive particle (अपि)

• ahata-vastra-jām: made from unwashed cloth
• ahata-vastra-jām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ahata (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'born of unwashed cloth' (ahata=unbeaten/unwashed + vastra + jā=born)