Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 80

Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)

Devanagari script

भिन्नदेहा दुरात्मानः प्रेतभूता यमक्षये / स्वकर्माण्य नुशोचन्तो यातनास्थानमागताः

Transliteration

bhinnadehā durātmānaḥ pretabhūtā yamakṣaye / svakarmāṇya nuśocanto yātanāsthānamāgatāḥ

Translation

那些恶心之众，身形离散，在阎摩之境化为饿鬼（preta）；追悔自业而哀号，遂至受刑之处。

Word by Word

• bhinnadehāḥ: having broken/disfigured bodies
• bhinnadehāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhinnadeha (भिन्नदेह)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• durātmānaḥ: evil-souled/wicked
• durātmānaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durātman (दुरात्मन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pretabhūtāḥ: having become ghosts/pretas
• pretabhūtāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pretabhūta (प्रेतभूत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yamakṣaye: in the abode of Yama
• yamakṣaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yamakṣaya (यमक्षय)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); Şaṣṭhī Tatpurusha

• svakarmāṇi: own deeds
• svakarmāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svakarma (स्वकर्म)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); Karmadharaya/Tatpurusha

• anuśocantaḥ: grieving over/regretting
• anuśocantaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuśuc (अनुशुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); Present Participle (Shatr)

• yātanāsthānam: place of torment
• yātanāsthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म) of motion
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātanāsthāna (यातनास्थान)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Şaṣṭhī Tatpurusha

• āgatāḥ: arrived
• āgatāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (आगत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); Past Passive Participle (kta)