Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 17

पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः

Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries

Devanagari script

ते शप्ता ब्रह्मणा मूढा नष्टसंज्ञा भविष्यथ / तस्मात्किञ्चिन्न जानीत ततो लोकेषु मुह्यत

Transliteration

te śaptā brahmaṇā mūḍhā naṣṭasaṃjñā bhaviṣyatha / tasmātkiñcinna jānīta tato lokeṣu muhyata

Translation

你们被梵天诅咒，将变得愚昧而失去觉知；因此一无所知，遂在诸世界中迷乱徘徊。

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śaptāḥ: cursed
• śaptāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śap (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त, क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with te

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (context: Brahmā, masculine), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• mūḍhāḥ: deluded
• mūḍhāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicate adjective to te

• naṣṭa-saṃjñāḥ: having lost awareness
• naṣṭa-saṃjñāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (नष्ट, kta of √naś) + saṃjñā (संज्ञा, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) ‘whose consciousness is lost’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; qualifies te

• bhaviṣyatha: you will become
• bhaviṣyatha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्, periphrastic future), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna-nibandhana (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) used as ablatival adverb ‘therefore/from that’

• kiñcit: anything
• kiñcit: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-prāya)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used with negation ‘anything’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• jānīta: know
• jānīta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, imperative), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada; Vedic/epic ending -īta for -īta/-ītaḥ style (jānīta = jānīta/jānītha)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantara (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya adverb (अव्यय) ‘then/from there’

• lokeṣu: in the worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural

• muhyata: become confused
• muhyata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, imperative), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)