Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 90

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

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Devanagari script

इत्येते पितरो देवा देवाश्च पितरः पुनः / पुष्पगन्धविभूषाणामेष मन्त्र उदाहृतः

Transliteration

ityete pitaro devā devāśca pitaraḥ punaḥ / puṣpagandhavibhūṣāṇāmeṣa mantra udāhṛtaḥ

Translation

如是，祖灵（Pitṛ）即诸天，诸天亦复为祖灵。此乃为供奉花、香与庄严饰物而宣说之真言。

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vakyartha-marker (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• ete: these
• ete: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative (सर्वनाम)

• pitaraḥ: the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• pitaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• pitaraḥ: Pitṛs
• pitaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• punaḥ: again/in turn
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• puṣpa-gandha-vibhūṣāṇām: of flowers, fragrances, and adornments
• puṣpa-gandha-vibhūṣāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhūṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (puṣpāṇi ca gandhāḥ ca vibhūṣāś ca)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative (सर्वनाम)

• mantraḥ: mantra
• mantraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• udāhṛtaḥ: has been stated/recited
• udāhṛtaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)