Shloka 3
Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
Devanagari script
द्वितीयो देवतानां तु तृतीयो दानवादिनाम् / शेषास्तु वर्णिंनां ज्ञेया इति सर्वे प्रकीर्त्तिताः
Transliteration
dvitīyo devatānāṃ tu tṛtīyo dānavādinām / śeṣāstu varṇiṃnāṃ jñeyā iti sarve prakīrttitāḥ
Translation
第二类属于诸天（deva），第三类属于达那婆等（dānava）；其余诸类当知与诸种姓（varṇa）相关——如是皆已宣说。
Word by Word
dvitīyaḥthe second
dvitīyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; ordinal; (gaṇaḥ understood)
devatānāmof the deities
devatānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th), Plural
tuand/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
tṛtīyaḥthe third
tṛtīyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; ordinal; (gaṇaḥ understood)
dānava-ādīnāmof the Dānavas and others
dānava-ādīnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdānava-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural; compound: dānava + ādi (‘Dānavas and others’); reading normalized from dānavādinām
śeṣāḥthe remaining (ones)
śeṣāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
varṇināmof the varṇas (social classes)
varṇinām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural; ‘members of varṇas/people of classes’; reading normalized from varṇiṃnāṃ
jñeyāḥare to be known
jñeyāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/vidhi)
TypeVerb
Root√jñā (धातु)
FormGerundive/obligatory participle (तव्य/य-प्रत्यय; jñeya); Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; predicative with śeṣāḥ
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative marker
sarveall (of them)
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; used substantively
prakīrttitāḥhave been proclaimed
prakīrttitāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kīrt (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त; prakīrtita); Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; predicative with sarve